<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Katie,</div><div><br></div><div>We do budget for our Student of the Month gift cards. We keep the gift cards to a minimum ($10 Dunkin Donuts) and then we also have annual student awards that are a bit higher ($20). But, yes, we do take the cost out of our general fund budget and are up front with our School Board about this expense.</div><div><br></div><div>We do not give gift cards to staff but do give out items like t-shirts and sweatshirts for Teacher Appreciation week, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>Sherry</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>----</div><div>Sherry Moody, Business Mgr</div><div>Mid-Coast School of Technology</div><div>1 Main Street</div><div>Rockland, ME 04841</div><div>(207) 594-2161</div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#666666"><a href="http://www.mcst8.org/" target="_blank">www.mcst8.org</a></font></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#666666" face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2"><img src="https://www.google.com/a/mcst.tec.me.us/images/logo.gif" width="200" height="82"></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM Katie Gourley <<a href="mailto:KATIE.GOURLEY@rsu25.org">KATIE.GOURLEY@rsu25.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We previously had a grant where they were able to purchase gift cards to give to students as prizes. Example student of the month etc. This was the last year of the grant and the school wants to continue doing that. I have always said no to gift cards, but have been asked what other districts do. </div><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">What about gifting to staff for a prize of some sort?</div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Katie Gourley<div>RSU 25</div><div>Business Manager</div><div>207-469-7311</div><div><a href="mailto:katie@rsu25.org" target="_blank">katie.gourley@rsu25.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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