Detroit Public Schools gets donation from PNC Bank's foundation

[Ardent15]

"The Detroit Public Schools Foundation received a $1.5-million donation today from the PNC Foundation to be used for early childhood education.

DPS will use the money for professional development for preschool teachers in the areas of arts and sciences. It also will fund hands-on experiences for preschoolers, including field trips and family days at the Detroit Science Center and Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts.

“For Detroit Public Schools, this is a major component in our preparation gap program,” said Robert Bobb, DPS emergency financial manager. “I believe strongly that when you teach kids at an early age, those are the children most likely to succeed, when they have a strong academic education early on.”

DPS is funding 12 new preschool classrooms in seven schools next year, which will serve 192 children, Bobb said. The school district is also offering preschoolers summer school classes for the first time this summer. Those new classes will not be funded by this donation but they will be able to benefit from the projects paid for by the PNC funding, Bobb said."

http://www.freep.com/article/20100527/NEWS01/100527043/1322/DPS-gets-1.5M-for-early-childhood-education

Also, the connections PNC CEO James Ruhr has to Republicans

-Bush-Cheney '04
-The Financial Services Roundtable
-Friends of John Boehner
-George W. Bush for President
-John McCain 2008
-McCain-Palin Victory 2008
-RAND Corporation Trustee (2002-)
-Romney for President
-Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee
-Santorum 2006

http://www.nndb.com/people/768/000167267/

[gmoney]

1. Giuliani Presidential Committee?

What a string of losers... he couldn't get on the Fred Thompson Committee?