founder and President Jackie Dowd explains, “We have our own mission around raising private funds to benefit the public schools as well as to generate support and enthusiasm in our community. But our main goal is really to support the district in its move to become the best schools that we can be.” In close collaboration with Hoboken Public Schools, HPEF works to identify key priorities and determine how best to meet the district’s needs.“We work with Dr. Johnson directly around what her goals are, gaps that need to be filled, and new programs that can be offered,” Dowd shares.As a result of this partnership, HPEF has helped provide Chromebooks for students during the pandemic, funded literacy initiatives, and supported innovative educational programming. “We’re here to support the great stuff that’s going 7 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 06 HOBOKEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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