A Consolidated Community Support
Strategy in Dyersburg City Schools
Strong community and business support provides schools with
needed resources including support for extracurricular programs,
opportunities for internships, and wraparound services for students. Often
though, community partners may be asked multiple times per year and by different
schools for varied support. After being approached by community partners to help streamline
the process, Dyersburg City Schools decided to consolidate requests of partners to once per year for the
entire school district.
The result was a significant increase in the amount of overall monetary support for Dyersburg schools
and a happy group of partners. Schools can and do still engage partners in volunteer opportunities and
other programs, but do not approach partners for additional funds. The funds collected through this
new fundraising process are distributed as with any other portion of the Dyersburg City Schools budget,
through a collective planning process that includes board members, school leaders, and teachers.
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