On this weekend of thanks, Donovan Post can be especially grateful.
Post is the principal of Noli Indian School on the Soboba Indian Reservation near San Jacinto. He suddenly has the luxury of $100,000 to spend, courtesy of the San Manuel tribe by Highland.
The donation illustrates that the school serves a wider group of Native Americans than just the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians. The school educates 173 children from sixth to 12th grade. About 15 percent are from the Soboba tribe.
The school has a fleet of 14 buses that pick up students from reservations as far as 80 miles away. Children are up at 5 a.m. for long trips from northern San Diego County, the San Bernardino area, the mountains, the San Gorgonio Pass and the desert. Besides the Soboba kids, the Morongo, Cahuilla, Pechanga, Pala, Pauma, La Jolla, Rincon, Augustine, Ramona, Torres Martinez and Los Coyotes reservations are represented in the student body.
The school operates with funds from the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs that are supplemented by the Soboba tribe. Post said the San Manuel $100,000 gift is especially helpful because federal grants are designated for specific purposes while the donation can be used for whatever is needed.
"I can't even tell you how excited I am," Post said. "It's an amazing gift. If a teacher needs $4,000 for history books, we can buy them."
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