CALHOUN SCHOOLS GET $18,000 TECHNOLOGY GRANT |
| (06/11/2007) |
| Calhoun Schools will be one of nine West Virginia counties that will share more than $898,000 in federal funding to provide Internet access to students. Calhoun will be receiving $18,000. The funding comes from the federal ERate program, which Sen. Jay Rockefeller co-authored a decade ago. Wayne County received the largest amount - $270,000. Mingo received $195,000, Boone $135,00 and Lincoln $101,000. Another $86,000 went to Institutional Education Programs in Charleston, while the New Life Christian Academy in Summersville received nearly $2,500. Cabell County received $18,000.
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