In 1982, local residents established The Community School in Remington to serve young people who had not been successful in the traditional public school system. It offered a GED program and mentoring to 15 – 17 year old students who had left school or were not finding academic success. In 2013, TCS became a state approved non-public high school offering a college preparatory curriculum for its students. As part of the transition from program to formal school, TCS leadership began to plan for long-term sustainability, including the eventual retirement of its founder and, to-date, only full-time teacher. This grant provided a $25,000 matching grant challenge to the TCS board to raise the funds to hire a second teacher.