Title
Resolution in Support of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between Guilford County, the City Of Greensboro, the City Of High Point, Guilford County, Guilford County Schools and Say Yes To Education
Body
Department: Executive
Council District: All
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Mary Vigue 373-2002
Contact 2 and Phone: Jim Westmoreland 373-2002
PURPOSE:
Council is requested to consider adopting the attached resolution in support of Guilford County being the next Say Yes to Education community and to allow the City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Guilford County, High Point, Guilford County School and Say Yes National.
BACKGROUND:
After a national search, Guilford County is the leading candidate to become the next Say Yes to Education community. Say Yes provides an unprecedented opportunity for our community to work together to ensure that every graduate of Guilford County Schools can get a post-secondary education.
Say Yes to Education is a nonprofit organization founded in 1987 by money manager George Weiss when he promised 100 sixth graders at a Philadelphia public school that he would pay to send them to college if they graduated from high school. Since then, Say Yes has evolved into a national nonprofit that galvanizes communities to help public school students get the support they need to graduate from high school, prepared for post-secondary education, and to help students afford and complete the certification or degree they choose. Say Yes works as an investor and facilitator bringing government, school, nonprofit, community and parent leaders to the same table to make key funding and operational decisions focused on building successful pathways for students. Say Yes invests $15 million over 5 years to help seed and expand key supports, to develop common measures, and to fund a small core staff to coordinate work across silos.
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