Persist

There are many urban and rural areas that are constantly underfunded and that can be by design or simply that the local economic base just can't sustain the needs of schools. In many cases those concerns are not easily addressed if the population is dwindling, property values are plummeting and people are leaving those areas.

But I have found that the schools we serve, in spite of the above obstacles, always seem to give it their all. I'm not trying to be flippant about this or use some trite/overused phrase. These students, staff members and other school personnel fight on.

The lesson I have learned over this 13-year period of time is to persist. And that is exactly what our charity, Schools Count, intends to do!!

Dick