Haywood County Schools reports $25,000 Title I support and community donations for student book program

District staff updated the board on the literacy/book distribution initiative described in the meeting as "Hooks on Vote." Speaker 1 said $25,000 will be provided from the Title I parent and family engagement fund to support the program. The staff update credited Book Harvest with funding books for 1,308 students and said the group reduced participation costs to roughly $30 per student. A sponsor-a-child campaign produced 63 sponsored students.

Speaker 1 thanked community donors including the Flora T Webb Trust of Maple Grove United Methodist Church and said combined community efforts should cover any remaining program balance so that pre-K through 10th-grade students can select high-interest books. The presenter also reported that Marty Drive raised $106,000 this year and that, over the years, the event has raised more than $1.2 million according to the meeting remarks.

The update focused on fundraising and program reach; staff did not provide a detailed line-item budget or a per-student distribution schedule in the recorded remarks. The board did not ask for additional financial detail on the record during the portion of the meeting captured in the transcript.