FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Lesley Range-Stanton, Director for Communications
(o) 469.752.8094 | (m) 469.360.7552
lesley.range-stanton@pisd.edu
Flextronics Foundation donates $10,000 to support STEM education in
classrooms across Plano ISD
PLANO, Texas, Mar. 11, 2014 — The Plano ISD Education Foundation today
announced that it recently received $10,000 from the Flextronics Foundation. Funds
received will support ten “Grants to Educators” awarded to Plano ISD teachers for
innovative STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs.
Specifically, the donation from Flextronics will provide funding for grants that
include “eMake,” a Plano ISD Academy High School engineering design initiative.
“Flextronics recognizes that today’s children are the workforce of tomorrow, and we
are committed to helping support educational programs that help develop and promote
STEM careers,” said Roger Crump, general manager at Flextronics. “We are proud to
support organizations like the Plano ISD Education Foundation and their mission to
provide grants to educators and programs supporting academic enrichment.”
Recently at Plano ISD Academy High School, Flextronics representatives Maureen Armstrong,
left, human resources manager and Roger Crump, center, GM Flextronics, presented a check to Rebecca
Egelston Caso, president, Plano ISD Education Foundation.
Flextronics’ donation will also support STEM grant initiatives at Andrews, Christie,
Mathews, Memorial and Sigler elementary schools, and Armstrong, Bowman and Otto
middle schools.
Read the full 2013-2014 Grants to Educators awards list on the Plano ISD
Education Foundation website at http://www.pisd.edu/about.us/foundation/grants.shtml.
About the Plano ISD Education Foundation
The Plano ISD Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the mission
to help all students in Plano public schools achieve their full potential by providing financial
support to educators and academic programs. The Foundation provides grants to educators,
programs that support academic enrichment to Plano ISD students, emergency assistance
for teachers and staff members in crisis, as well as programs aimed at recruiting and retaining
quality teachers. To learn more about the Plano ISD Education Foundation, contact
Executive Director Carlos Sastoque at 469.752.8272.
About Flextronics Foundation
Established in March 2002, the Flextronics Foundation operates as a private foundation with
a primary focus on providing financial support through grant making. The foundation
invests globally and serves as a catalyst for positive change in communities around the world,
providing assistance in the areas of natural disaster relief, human rights and education
programs. Emphasis is placed on programs that serve the needs of people in communities
where Flextronics employees live and work.
About Flextronics
Flextronics is a leading end-to-end supply chain solutions company that delivers design,
engineering, manufacturing and logistics services to a range of industries and end-markets,
including data networking, telecom, enterprise computing and storage, industrial, capital
equipment, appliances, automation, medical, automotive, aerospace and defense, energy,
mobile, computing and other electronic product categories. Flextronics is an industry leader
with more than $24 billion in annualized sales, generated from helping its customers design,
build, ship and service their products through an unparalleled network of facilities in more
than 30 countries and across four continents. Flextronics’ service offerings and verticallyintegrated component technologies optimize customer supply chains by lowering costs,
increasing flexibility, and reducing time-to-market. For more information, visit
www.flextronics.com or follow Flextronics on Twitter (@flextronics).
About Plano Independent School District
The Plano Independent School District (Plano ISD) (www.pisd.edu) endeavors to foster the
highest level of student learning. The mission of Plano ISD is to provide an excellent
education for all students. Plano ISD is located 20 miles north of Dallas, Texas and serves
the residents of approximately 100 square miles in southwest Collin County, including 66
square miles in the city of Plano, northern portions of the cities of Dallas and Richardson
and parts of the cities of Allen, Parker and Murphy. Plano ISD employs 7,000 faculty and
staff members who serve more than 55,000 students in 70 schools and 11 service facilities.
Participating in Plano ISD schools enables students to adapt to new learning opportunities
throughout their lives, collaborate with, and contribute to, the global community and to be
creative and disciplined in their thinking.
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