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representative of the county school system will serve as a non-voting board member, functioning as a liaison between the school administration and the foundation.
What we are starting here is not unique. Over the past decade or so, more than 14,000 public education foundations have sprung up across the country, all driven by the desire to renew a community’s interest in its public schools. While many of these foundations around the country have been instigated by public school administrators, ours is truly a grassroots development begun by interested citizens and independent of the school system. Of course, our goal will be a true partnership with the Rappahannock County public school system, in the interest of all the children.
The reason that such private foundations are growing around the nation is no mystery. Since the early 1980s, Federal and state governments have put public schools in a bind by mandating costly new requirements and standards, combined with increasing oversight and scrutiny while squeezing financial support in response to a tax-weary public. The schools, in short, are asked to do more and more with less and less.
Like other local education foundations, Headwaters will aim to provide limited and specifically targeted finan
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