Scholarship for low-income students breaks hiatus
Scholarships between $500 and $1,000 were recently awarded to eight members of Natick High School's Class of 2016 from the Kennedy Scholarship Trust Fund.
The scholarship was made available from a board of clergy appointed by the selectmen from Natick. It was established pursuant to the will of Katherine L. Kennedy but has not been used since 2010 as there was some concern that the names of the recipients would have to be made public, according to the Open Meeting Law.
The town recently learned from the Office of the state Attorney General that these recipients are exempt from this law and so these low-income students will now be able to attend college.
Reverend Eric Markman of the Hartford Street Presbyterian Church led the board, which was composed of five members, to determine the students who would receive scholarships. Criteria used were the financial need of the applicants and whether applicants would use the scholarship to go to college.
He added that now it is hoped that the scholarship will continue to be given in the upcoming years, saying that the course of the life of a young person can be greatly affected by going to college.
The town might want to look to a poster printing company to print posters about the scholarship for students from next year’s graduating class to consider.
The scholarship was made available from a board of clergy appointed by the selectmen from Natick. It was established pursuant to the will of Katherine L. Kennedy but has not been used since 2010 as there was some concern that the names of the recipients would have to be made public, according to the Open Meeting Law.
The town recently learned from the Office of the state Attorney General that these recipients are exempt from this law and so these low-income students will now be able to attend college.
Reverend Eric Markman of the Hartford Street Presbyterian Church led the board, which was composed of five members, to determine the students who would receive scholarships. Criteria used were the financial need of the applicants and whether applicants would use the scholarship to go to college.
He added that now it is hoped that the scholarship will continue to be given in the upcoming years, saying that the course of the life of a young person can be greatly affected by going to college.
The town might want to look to a poster printing company to print posters about the scholarship for students from next year’s graduating class to consider.