Delegate Elliot Prit presents grant checks for after-school and aerospace programs

Delegate Elliot Prit, invited by the board to make recognitions, presented two grant checks on behalf of "the governor and myself" for local school programs at the Fayette County Board of Education's June 23 meeting. Prit said one award is for the School Rock after-school program and the other supports an aerospace engineering program at a local high school. Prit said the funds will be used to buy equipment, including state-of-the-art 3D printers to support CAD and prototyping instruction.

"On behalf of the governor and myself, I had 2 checks," Delegate Elliot Prit said, and added that the awards will allow students "to prototype... miniature versions of things that they would be creating, bigger in the real world." He also announced an additional check directed to "Mister Haney" for $4,500 to purchase a new keyboard and keyboard carrying case for the School Rock program.

The transcript uses two slightly different school names: when the Chair introduced the presenter the school was named "Oak Hill High School," and Prit later referred to an "Oakville High School." That inconsistency appears in the meeting record; the board did not clarify the correct institutional name during the discussion. The amounts of the two larger checks were not specified on the record. The Chair noted the recognitions and moved the meeting on to the consent agenda after the presentation.

The presentation highlighted hands-on learning investments (3D printers and CAD instruction) intended to support career and technical education. The board did not take a separate vote on the recognitions; the items were presented as part of the recognitions and reports portion of the meeting.

Next step: the presentation was informational and no additional board action was recorded in the transcript concerning how the grants will be administered.