Recent testing results delivered an important message: math achievement in Woodford County’s elementary and middle schools needs our attention.

Our educators responded.

Superintendent Lori Jones assembled a team of faculty members and asked them to identify how Woodford County Public Schools could quickly strengthen math instruction and improve student learning. Their work led to a clear recommendation: Ready Mathematics, a comprehensive K–8 program that gives both students and teachers the tools they need to succeed.

There was just one significant obstacle.

The school district did not have the funding to implement it.

A Solution We Shouldn't Have to Wait For

Ready Math is a significant investment—$155,000 for grades K–8—but it is also a comprehensive one.

The program provides classroom materials, digital learning resources, and professional training for teachers. Rather than addressing one piece of the problem, it provides an integrated approach to strengthening math instruction across our elementary and middle schools.

Unfortunately, the need was identified after the current school district budget had already been established. Combined with the severe financial constraints facing the district, that meant something difficult to accept:

Without outside support, a program our educators believe can help our children may have to wait until the 2027–28 school year—or longer.

For the Woodford Educational Endowment Foundation, waiting was not the answer. This Is Why WEEF Exists.

Since 1994, WEEF has worked to bring “Excellence in Education” to Woodford County by helping fund important educational opportunities that cannot be met through the school district's traditional budget. This is one of those moments.

WEEF committed $15,000 to help bring Ready Math to Woodford County classrooms for the 2026–27 school year.

Then something remarkable began to happen.

The Midway Woman’s Club contributed $29,000.

The Woodford County NAACP contributed $1,000.

Individuals throughout our community began giving as well.

Together, our community has already contributed nearly $50,000 toward making Ready Math a reality.

But we aren't there yet.

Now We're Asking You to Help Finish the Job.

This isn't simply about buying a new math program.

It's about what happens when a school system identifies a need but doesn't have the financial resources to address it.

Do we wait?

Or does a community that believes deeply in its schools step forward and say, “Our children shouldn't have to wait.”

That's the opportunity in front of us.

Every contribution moves Ready Math closer to our classrooms. Every gift—large or small—helps give our teachers better tools and our students greater opportunities to learn, grow, and succeed.

Please make a gift to WEEF and help bring Ready Math to Woodford County classrooms this school year.