In September last year, we wrote about the case of Krzysztof Kozicki. The boy, the only finalist from among Bolesławiec students in the provincial “zDolny Ślązaczek” competition, did not receive the mayor’s scholarship because... he lived in Kruszyn. Under a resolution of the City Council, the mayor’s awards are granted only to students registered in Bolesławiec. Krzysztof also received no money from the head of the Bolesławiec Rural Municipality. The reason? The scholarship regulations made no mention of children from the municipality who attend city schools.
“We managed to persuade the Municipal Council to change its decision,” Helena Szymula, director of the Municipal School Services Centre, tells us today. “The scholarship regulations now also cover students of municipal lower-secondary schools who live in the Bolesławiec Rural Municipality.”
The head of the municipality’s scholarships are awarded according to the same criteria as the mayor’s awards. Scholarship recipients from the rural municipality will receive the same amounts as their peers from Bolesławiec. “The most important thing is that the students will finally receive this money,” the director adds.
On Tuesday, 8 September, the scholarships were presented in the Council Chamber by, among others, Mayor Piotr Roman and Municipal Head Kazimierz Gawron. Financial assistance is granted to sixth-grade primary school students and third-year lower-secondary school students. Scholarships for outstanding achievements in science, the arts or sport are awarded to winners of international, national, provincial or county competitions.
Scholarships for academic results were received by: Bartłomiej Kula (Primary School No. 1), Wojciech Liebert (Primary School No. 2), Karolina Filistyńska (Primary School No. 4), Kamila Kamińska (Primary School No. 4), Martyna Ostańska (Primary School No. 5), Magdalena Olga Kubat (Lower-Secondary School No. 2), Jarosław Kłosowski (Lower-Secondary School No. 2), Ewelina Sądaj (Lower-Secondary School No. 3), Zofia Lenkiewicz (Lower-Secondary School No. 4), Karolina Stachów (Lower-Secondary School No. 4), Mariusz Mankiewicz (I PG), Dawid Permus (I PG) and Hanna Woźnica (II PG).
Scholarships for outstanding achievements in science, the arts or sport went to: Kacper Piecyk (Primary School No. 4), Aleksandra Wagner (Primary School No. 5), Joanna Łuczyn (Lower-Secondary School No. 1), Katarzyna Jankowska (Lower-Secondary School No. 2), Aleksandra Bojanowska (Lower-Secondary School No. 2), Mateusz Bieńkowski (Lower-Secondary School No. 2), Paulina Kopeć (Lower-Secondary School No. 3), Maks Brandt (Lower-Secondary School No. 3), Dorota Burdyna (Lower-Secondary School No. 3), Kamil Serafin (II PG), Joanna Pędlowska (Lower-Secondary School No. 3) and Mateusz Opar (I PG).
This year, scholarships were awarded for the first time to students of municipal lower-secondary schools who live in the Bolesławiec Rural Municipality (Joanna Pędlowska and Mateusz Opar), as well as to students of private lower-secondary schools.
The scholarship amount ranges from PLN 1,000 to PLN 2,000. The application for financial assistance is submitted by the school principal.
(UM information/ii)