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Criteria for Foundation Support
Educators at all schools served by the Limestone District School Board are invited and encouraged to submit an application for funding for projects that provide innovative, unique, and exciting enhancements to curriculum requirements. The Foundation normally offers two granting periods each year - one in the early Spring and the other in the fall. Deadlines for applications (usually in February and October) are announced throughout our system via First Class.
The Limestone Learning Foundation does not fund resources or programs that are normally provided by the Board and/or school budgets. It is not the intent of the Limestone Learning Foundation to replace traditional funding for education - our funding is intended to enhance what is already being taught. All applications are welcome and appreciated. However, due to limited funds available for each granting session, some projects will not receive funding and others will receive partial funding. In some cases, applicants will be asked to re-submit their application with more complete information. We thank all participants for their interest and effort.
To qualify for Foundation support your application must address the following; does your project:
• Enhance educational opportunities for students in the Limestone District School Board?
• Support an initiative in Literacy/Numeracy, Science & Technology, the Arts or Innovative Practices?• Have a signature indicating review by a LDSB Principal or Superintendent?• Indicate a specific purpose and a specific period of time?• Indicate how students will actually be involved in the project and what they will be doing?• Lend itself to the completing of a Project Summary Report, to be submitted upon completion of the project?• Lend itself to being publicly promoted and/or showcased by the Limestone Learning Foundation?
Application forms for Foundation support can be found on the "First Class" internal e-mail system - LSDB Area ~ Staff Services ~ Forms ~ Limestone Learning Foundation ~ LLF Grant Application.
Following receipt of applications, volunteer grant review teams (comprising educators, administrators, school council reps, community volunteers, etc.) will thoroughly review each application and make their recommendations to the LLF Allocations Committee at a Summary Review Meeting. At this time, each application is discussed and debated from various perspectives and final recommendations are arrived at - these may include "Recommended at full or partial funding" (these are seen to be the strongest applications), "To Be Considered at full or partial funding" (these are seen to be good applications, but not quite as strong - if there are sufficient funds available, they may be approved), "Not Recommended At This Time" (these applications may be weak or incomplete with insufficient
information, they may be requesting funds for something LLF does not fund, or they may simply need some "tweaking" for re-submission).
Each application is then reviewed by the appropriate Superintendent to ensure that they are in general agreement with the findings (or to add information of which the review teams might not aware). The recommendations are presented to the full LLF Board of Directors which will make the final determination as to which projects will be approved and at what level of funding.
Principals and applicants are notified immediately of the outcome of their application and successful schools are invited to send representatives to the Grants Presentation Event held within two weeks at which they will be presented with their funding.
It is expected that, upon completion of the project, a Project Summary Report will be submitted indicating how funds were ultimately spent and what the outcomes of the project were.
Schools can submit as many applications as they wish in each period and there is no limit as to how many projects a school may be funded for over time. We look for the most creative, innovative projects which will effectively enhance the learning experience for students.
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