{"id":210164,"date":"2026-03-18T18:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/210164\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T18:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:25:04","slug":"richardson-isd-foundation-receives-96500-grant-from-the-micron-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/210164\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson ISD Foundation receives $96,500 grant from the Micron Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_1116-scaled.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC_1116-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-125200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of RD Images.<\/p>\n<p>The Richardson ISD Foundation has received a $96,500 grant from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.micron.com\/about\/blog\/company\/community\/empowering-communities-the-micron-foundations-mission-to-make-a-difference\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Micron Foundation<\/a> to expand STEM opportunities for students across the district. <\/p>\n<p>The grant, part of a two-year investment, will expose students to future technology careers by introducing robotics, coding, digital media and AI-ready tools in elementary classrooms. <\/p>\n<p>The investment comes as STEM and semiconductor-related careers continue to grow in North Texas. <\/p>\n<p>The project will serve approximately 700 students and create opportunities for Micron employee volunteers to mentor students, support robotics and coding activities, and share real-world career experiences. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Micron Foundation investment helps ensure students do not face limits created by funding gaps or access barriers. Students gain confidence. Teachers gain tools. Our community gains a stronger and more inclusive pipeline of future talent,\u201d said Cameka L. Crawford, president of The Richardson ISD Foundation, in a press release. <\/p>\n<p>The Micron Foundation and the Richardson ISD Foundation will partner with Richardson ISD throughout 2026 and 2027. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis investment strengthens North Texas\u2019 long-term talent pathways and helps more students see a clear path into high-demand technical roles,\u201d said Rosita Najmi, executive director of the Micron Foundation and global head of social impact and community engagement at Micron. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy of RD Images. The Richardson ISD Foundation has received a $96,500 grant from the Micron Foundation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-210164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}