The St. Louis Public School District announced this week that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded the district nearly $6 million in new grant money for the 2006-07 school year, including:
— A $4.2 million Early Reading First Grant. Early Reading First focuses on children from low-income families. The objective is to transform early childhood education programs into centers of educational excellence.
— A grant for $975,163 to help boost participation of low-income students in advanced placement courses and tests. This is the first of a three-year grant.
— A $482,273 grant to help enhance and improve the emergency response and crisis management for the St. Louis Public Schools. The goal of the project is to develop an effective emergency response and crisis management that will comprehensively address all five phases of crisis response planning: prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.