Racial Equity & Inclusion in Education
Safer, more inclusive schools benefit and support the academic success of all students.
The mission of the Bellevue Schools Foundation is to promote and fund the best possible learning opportunities for ALL students in Bellevue’s public schools.
Publish
a detailed racial justice policy for the Foundation.
Work
with the Bellevue School District to expand our existing racial equity program funding.
Fund
racial equity training for the Bellevue School District and Bellevue Education
Association leadership.
Amplify
diverse voices in our community through our Education Connection Speaker Series.
Diversify
our Board of Trustees further to reflect the students and families we serve.
Provide
racial equity training for our Board of Trustees and staff.
Expand
the number of diverse vendors we hire.
Enhance
our feedback loop to more deliberately include advice from Black Indigenous, and
students of color and families, community leaders, and business owners of color.
Revise
and commit to racial justice actions annually to build on racial equity in education.
We recognize the need to expand our support to directly confront the systemic racial inequities present in our society, and to deepen our commitment to Black students, Indigenous students, students of color, and their families. This is just the beginning of our effort to prepare generations of students to lead us into a better, healthier future with racial and social equity.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
— Maya Angelou