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Crown Point board approves grants, accepts donation and advances personnel reductions after tense consent-agenda debate
Summary
The Crown Point Community School board approved several federal and state grants totaling $286,186.16, accepted a $7,400 donation for Best Buddies and advanced a consent agenda that included personnel reductions (one board member dissented), while administrators said services would be preserved.
The Crown Point Board of School Trustees on Nov. 24 approved applications to accept federal and state grants totaling $286,186.16, accepted a $7,400 donation for the high school Best Buddies program and advanced a consent agenda that includes several personnel reductions that drew vocal dissent from one board member.
The board unanimously approved a Title II, Part A grant application for $164,605.88 to fund professional development, stipends and expanded blended-learning support, and cleared Title III and Title IV grant applications of $35,624 and $48,456.28, respectively, that administrators said will fund interventionists, paraprofessionals, family-engagement programming and technology initiatives. The board also accepted a competitive Indiana Department of…
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