Public schools never receive sufficient funding from government. Add to that the burdens that come with operating an urban school district. Add to that the challenges of increasing numbers of at-risk students, students who can’t speak English, and the other hurdles of maintaining an environment conducive to learning. And then top it all off with a state law (known as “Robin Hood”) that takes our own property-tax revenue intended for our school district away from us and sends it to other school districts around the state. And the result is an acute case of having less money to address greater needs. Our response to this budget canyon in Lake Highlands is Wild for Cats.

As you can see from the following summary, the Richardson Independent School District has had to surrender almost $400 million of our property-tax revenue since 1999:

RISD Recapture Summary

The Lake Highlands “Wild for Cats” Fund is a component fund of the RISD Excellence in Education Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable education foundation, working for the students and staff of RISD.