Modified: May 13, 2010 03:55 PM

Mayor's Mentors & More

Working to Improve Our Schools.

Mayor's Mentors & More

For a mere $1,400 you can give an economically disadvantage youth the gift of a college education, as well as, the potential to increase their lifetime income by more than 100 percent!  According to the US Census Bureau, college graduates earn an average of  $1 million more during their careers than  high school graduates. The process for funding these scholarships works as follows:  For every $1,400 the Mayor raises, the Pinellas Education Foundation will match it with another $1,400.  The State of Florida will then match our $2,800 to total the $5,600 it takes to fund a two-year college scholarship.  Please mail your tax-deductible, charitable contribution in check form, payable to:

Pinellas Education Foundation
 Attn: Lori Matway
175 5th Street North
St. Petersburg FL  33701

In January 2010 the City of St. Petersburg, in partnership with Pinellas County Schools, and with funding from America's Promise Alliance presented Operation Graduation: Empowered, Engaged, Involved, a day-long community summit with one sole purpose, to find a way to increase the high school graduation rate in our community. From this summit, a community action plan was formulated that proposes a 2% yearly increase in the number of students graduating from high school, on time, and ready for college or the workforce. This will bring our graduation rate from 76% to 85% over a 5- year period.

Click here to view the real time record of this interactive, collaborative summit

Click here to visit the community action plan