{"id":460953,"date":"2026-09-11T21:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460953\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T21:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:58:12","slug":"pef-presents-record-breaking-grant-to-pusd-on-sept-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460953\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF presents record-breaking grant to PUSD on Sept. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PEF presents this year\u2019s grant check to the Piedmont Unified School Board. Pictured from the right are Kim Hunter, Bridget Schreiber, Lindsay Thomasson, Dr. Donald Evans, Catie Osborn, Ruchi Medhekar, Heather Frank, Michael Malione, Ellie Somers, Michael Gross, Bindu Lokre, Student Board Member Corinne Minor, Brook Meakins, Student Board Member Diego Branneria, Jennie Stomberg, and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro<\/p>\n

The Piedmont Education Foundation (PEF) proudly presented a record-breaking $4,355,000 grant to the Piedmont Unified School District (PUSD) at the Sept. 9 School Board Meeting. The grant is the largest in PEF\u2019s history and is made possible through a full year of community-powered fundraising, including PEF\u2019s annual Giving Campaign, Spring Fling and Harvest Festival, Dress Best for Less, business sponsorships and a distribution from the PEF Endowment Fund.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis milestone is the result of every donor, volunteer, event participant and community member who believes in the power of our public schools,\u201d said Bridget Schreiber, PEF Chair. \u201cThis $4,355 million grant is going straight to work across all Piedmont schools, directly serving every student by funding the people who make magic happen every
day: our teachers, counselors, librarians, aides, specialists and student support staff.\u201d <\/p>\n

PEF funding plays a critical role in sustaining the quality of education in Piedmont. For the 2026-27 school year, the PEF grant to PUSD accounts for 16% of teacher salaries, while also supporting paraeducator and teaching aides, counselors and specialists, health and wellness programs, special education, professional development and
classroom supplies.<\/p>\n

PEF is now preparing for the launch of its 2026-27 Giving Campaign on Tuesday, Sept. 22, with the theme \u201cIt Takes ALL of Us.\u201d New Giving Campaign co-chairs, Bindu Lokre, Brook Meakins, and Ellie Sommers, will lead this year\u2019s effort.<\/p>\n

The campaign highlights the shared responsibility to help bridge the gap between the cost of providing an exceptional education and the funding PUSD receives from federal, state, and local sources. Launch day activities will take place at each school site, with PEF volunteers in purple welcoming families and kicking off the campaign.<\/p>\n

Learn more about this year\u2019s Giving Campaign and how to support Piedmont\u2019s public schools HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEF presents this year\u2019s grant check to the Piedmont Unified School Board. Pictured from the right are Kim…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-460953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}