2/13/13 - Two Howell elementary schools will be getting new technology upgrades through purchases made with federal money approved by the school board Monday night. Title 1 grant money is awarded every year to schools whose student bodies include a large portion of students living at or below the poverty line. Superintendent Ron Wilson says two of Howellâs elementary schools, Southeast and Challenger, have already met the criteria for the funding and will soon be joined by Southwest elementary. School improvement teams from Southeast, Southwest, and Challenger elementary schools met to discuss their needs for the year and decided what each school would purchase with the money. The purchases approved last night included $15,000 for document cameras and data projectors for Southeast, as well as $20,000 for tablets for Southwest. The purchase of $44,600 worth of laptop computers a storage carts for Challenger is expected to be approved at the school boardâs next meeting. None of the spending requires local matching or impacts the districtâs general fund. (TD)
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