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The School Success Transportation Coalition (SSTC) is one of the first recipients of the Excellence through Equity Recognition Awards.  The HOPE Foundation initiated these awards to highlight some of the great ongoing work in this community that supports educational excellence through equity.  The Community Foundation's Tompkins Today and Tomorrow Fund administered the 2014 awards.  The $1000 award will be used to help families attend community events at their children's school such as concerts, Math Night and Beauty and The Beast performances.  

The award recognizes work to help students and families get to Ithaca City School District (ICSD) school buildings for meetings, PTA events, basketball games, enrichment activities etc.

“We have a variety of initiatives reflecting the diversity of the transportation challenges faced by district families," said Coordinator Carrie Kerr.  "Our volunteer driver program alone took 20 parents to important meetings in 2013.” 

An ICSD staff member responded to the volunteer driver program by saying, “This service is invaluable to those parents as well as to our district in general, easing stress on parents and keeping their involvement in their child’s school experience as strong as possible."

The SSTC encourages everyone to save time and money by sharing rides to school.

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