The Samuel Watson Elementary School in Fall River was recently awarded $460,690 as part of a renewal of federal grants totaling $3m by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These grants are going to seven other schools in Springfield, Lawrence, and New Bedford, and are part of the efforts of the Commonwealth to improve achievements by students in the lowest performing schools.
According to Meg Mayo-Brown, Superintendent of the Fall River Public Schools, the funds will go towards professional development and efforts to address literacy early on, starting in pre-kindergarten going up to grade two. Literacy was needed to be submitted in the turnaround plan in order to qualify for the grant, and professional development to build educator capacity is needed so as to raise student performance at the school.
She added that similar funds had been used at the John Doran Community School, which went from underperforming to the highest performance level with a span of five years.
Governor Charlie Baker said that these grants are for districts that need them to effect a turnaround in student performance in certain schools. He added that these students need to be given every chance to succeed and received the highest quality education possible.
Most likely his office turned to various printing companies to Print an announcement about these grants, the schools that received them, and the turnaround goals of this funding.
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