A Promise To Hold Community Accountable
Published: November 21, 2005
The “Kalamazoo Promise” is an astounding legacy, provided by anonymous donors. It is a plan that funds the college or higher education of each one of all Kalamazoo Public Schools students after graduation (or portions of it, for those who have not been enrolled in KPS in grades K-12). Investment in education has an economic “domino effect” of limitless potential, as has been emphasized on this page for a dozen years. One way to “pass it forward” and keep such momentum in the district would be for each of those graduates to contribute to a fund for the benefit of those who come 12 years after them.

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