OPRAH DONATES $1.5M TO ATLANTA SCHOOL:
Dec 18th, 2009 by Bilal Ali
*Ron Clark Academy, the private middle school in Atlanta whose students filmed the YouTube video “You Can Vote However You Like” during the 2008 presidential campaign, is now $1.5 million richer thanks to Oprah Winfrey.
The TV titan, who has had founder Ron Clark on her talk show twice, donates at a time when the school is struggling to raise money for its $2.8 million operating budget, which is bankrolled almost entirely by donors, reports the AP.
Winfrey donated $365,000 to the Ron Clark Academy last December. Located in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods, the school is hoping to expand its campus by building a cafeteria, gymnasium and theater.