The City Council provided a one time grant to the schools in total of $150,000.  In their deliberations the Council discussed the importance of the schools to defining Lake Oswego both in character that brings people to Lake Oswego and in its value in sustaining our community and its values  - in human capital and property values.  They voiced that the issues is the state-wide funding for schools and represents a larger issue that needs to be addressed for the importance of our children and our community.