Letters of support may garner $1.33 million funding
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Editor,
This letter is to express my sincere gratitude to 13 local community leaders who recently wrote heartfelt letters of support for our local public schools.
Though not a certainty, it appears likely that the Polson School District — and Cherry Valley Elementary School in particular — will soon benefit from receipt of a Montana Quality Schools Department of Commerce facility grant.
If our state legislators, including Greg Hertz and Janna Taylor, vote to accept the 29 recommended grants submitted to them in January 2015, Cherry Valley may benefit from a $1.33 million grant award for new boilers, piping and ventilation systems.
My sincere thanks to Dennis Anderson, Ken Avison, Brent Benkelman, Pat DeVries, Bob Fulton, Shad Hupka, Penny Jarecki, Heather Knutson, Rob McDonald, Wade Nash, Chad Smith, Darlis and Daniel Smith, and Rob Turner. Each of those named above wrote incredible, detailed supportive letters that were submitted with our grant application.
Finally, thanks also to Carl Elliot and Pam Owen in Polson School District’s administrative building for providing accurate and specific data required by the grant application. Their detailed information added to the necessary credibility of our PSD request for funding.
Whether or not Polson is awarded this grant, our community taxpayers owe a debt of gratitude to these 15 committed individuals who unselfishly worked toward achieving this financial goal. Due to their efforts, benefactors will likely include all of the local citizens, starting with our local Pre-K and Kindergarten students. Thank you.
John Laimbeer
Polson
