If you have a child about to start Kindergarten, you may want to move to Orange, Texas.
Residents living in the West Orange-Stark High School district and the Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School district are eligible for the Inspire XII Foundation Scholarship Program.
What is the Inspire XII Foundation?
Inspire XII is a nonprofit program of educational support that seeks to involve and assist the private sector in expanding educational opportunities and encouraging education achievement. That is a statement printed on their website. In layman's terms, this scholarship allows kids who attend school in the district to go to college for free.
Free college, really?
It may seem hard to believe but they give scholarships to eligible students who have attended school in the West Orange-Stark and/or Little Cypress-Mauriceville district. The length of attendance determines the amount of benefit available.
- K-12 = 100%
- 1-12 = 95%
- 4-12 = 90%
- 5-12 = 85%
- 6-12 = 80%
- 7-12 = 75%
- 8-12 = 70%
- 9-12 = 65%
Students do need to submit an application and supplemental documentation to the Insire Foundation to be eligible to receive the scholarship. One other requirement of note, recipients are required to complete 40 hours of community service in the Orange area each year the student is part of the Inspire XII Promise. 40 hours of community service doesn't seem much to ask in exchange for a free ride to any accredited Texas public university, community college, public health institution, or technical college.
Planing to stay in Southeast Texas while your children are in Kindergarten through High School? Then, you might want to move to Orange. Live there, send your children to school there, and they are eligible to go to college for free. Now that's a selling point!
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