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Board approves multiple grants including $142,000 Rapides Foundation award for teacher support
Summary
The school board approved several grant items presented last week: a youth volunteer grant, a Healthy Behavior district partnership grant, and an Effective Schools grant from the Rapides Foundation worth $142,000 to fund teacher stipends, training and coaching.
The board approved three grant items that had been presented at the prior meeting: a 2025 Youth Volunteer School District grant, the 2025–26 Healthy Behavior School District Partnership grant, and an Effective Schools grant from the Rapides Foundation.
Miss Ingram moved to approve the Youth Volunteer grant; Miss McClinton presented the Rapides Foundation grant. The Rapides Foundation award was described as $142,000, beginning July 1 and ending June 30 of the indicated grant period. Miss McClinton said the grant would fund stipends for new‑teacher math, science and social studies training, a 50‑hour online numeracy course, external coaching for middle‑ and high‑school math, and 20% of the grant allocation would pay a portion of Miss Catherine McClinton’s salary for administrative support.
Nut Graf: The board approved multiple grants intended to support youth volunteer programming, a Healthy Behavior partnership, and targeted teacher training and coaching funded by a $142,000 grant from the Rapides Foundation.
Details: The grants were presented as informational items last week and were moved to approval this meeting. Board members had no additional questions on the items during the vote. All three motions passed.
Ending: Staff will proceed with grant acceptance and begin implementing grant‑supported activities in the coming fiscal year.
