Foundation Awards Thousands of Dollars to Waynesville R-6 Teachers

The Waynesville R-6 School District Foundation has awarded some grants to teachers in the area for the upcoming year. The foundations goal is to promote excellent education to every child by raising private investments funds to the Waynesville R-6 District. This year the foundation awarded 6,000 dollars to teachers in the Waynesville School District. President of the Waynesville R-6 School District Foundation Cheryl Vernon says their purpose is to provide more opportunity for students to succeed.

Vernon says the fundraising happens in many different ways.

Since the foundation was formed in 2012 they have given out more then 200 grants.