Thumper, thanks for pointing out the non-renewability.
OP- part of the strategy of these local scholarships is that a graduating senior isn’t yet qualified for a summer job paying more than minimum wage (or the prevailing wage in your area). So we tried to get kids over the hump on their “self-help” component of their financial aid package.
By summer after freshman year, most kids can earn more… and so the scholarships were not renewable. It was a “last dollar, last resort” strategy, not intended to be baked in to the student’s funding package for subsequent years. And a kid who has been working 10 hours a week during the semester has that to contribute to expenses as well.
This is not uncommon.