Community organizations are joining forces to support Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools amid its ongoing financial crisis.
Nonprofits, faith-based groups, business leaders and advocates have launched a website to coordinate donations for the district.
The site links to three funds: one for urgently needed school supplies, another to cover services like student health assessments and volunteer background checks, and a third, specifically for books.
Marni Eisner, the executive director of the Education Foundation for the district, says the new collaborative worked with the interim superintendent to determine how to fulfill the most pressing, short-term needs first — but assistance won’t end there.
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