<p>Hey, Lincoln County School District got one of these grants. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Sara Kelly Johns" <<a href="mailto:skjohns@gmail.com">skjohns@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Oct 2, 2012 6:23 PM<br>Subject: [alacoun] $28 million to 46 schools announced through Innovative Approaches to Literacy<br>
To: "ALA Council" <<a href="mailto:alacoun@ala.org">alacoun@ala.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:aaslforum@ala.org">aaslforum@ala.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:nyla-ssl@list.nyla.org">nyla-ssl@list.nyla.org</a>><br>
<br type="attribution">The U.S. Department of Education announces awards for <i><b>Innovative Approaches to Literacy</b></i>, $28 million in 46 two-year grants to local school districts to be used for school libraries as well as other non-profit organizations that work for childhood literacy. <i><b>IA</b><b>L</b></i> is a program of redirected money that was championed by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and others in the FY 2012 appropriations bill, half of which must go to school libraries in low-income districts. <br>
<<a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/10/u-s-department-of-education-announces-awards-for-innovative-approaches-to-literacy/" target="_blank">http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/10/u-s-department-of-education-announces-awards-for-innovative-approaches-to-literacy/</a>><br>
<br>Awardees are: <br clear="all"><ul><li>Kashunamiut School District, Chevak, AK, $575,924.00</li><li>Lowndes County Public Schools, Hayneville, AL, $374,249.00</li><li>North Little Rock School District, N. Little Rock, AR, $473,691.00</li>
<li>Corning Union Elementary School District, Corning, CA, $371,387.00</li><li>Seeley Union School District, Seeley, CA, $407,413.00</li><li>Raising A Reader National Office, Mountain View , CA, $2,043,450.00</li><li>Reading Is Fundamental, Inc., Washington, DC, $4,181,555.00</li>
<li>Eagle Academy Public Charter School, Washington, DC, $447,650.00</li><li>Children’s Defense Fund, Washington, DC, $1,942,736.00</li><li>School Board of Polk County, Florida, Bartow, FL, $398,428.00</li><li>Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Atlanta, GA, $2,036,365.00</li>
<li>East Saint Louis School District 189, East St. Louis, IL, $433,448.00</li><li>Charles A.Tindley Accelerated School, Indianapolis, IN, $249,048.00</li><li>Corbin Board of Education, Corbin, KY, $164,078.00</li><li>Todd County Board of Education, Elkton, KY, $206,938.00</li>
<li>West Elk School District 282, Murray, KY, $411,565.00</li><li>Parents as Teachers National Center, St. Louis, MO, $1,702,619.00</li><li>Board of Education of the City of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, $710,097.00</li><li>
Kansas City School District , Kansas City, MO, $421,137.00</li>
<li>McComb School District, McComb, MS, $332,556.00</li><li>Starkville School District, Starkville, MS, $377,870.00</li><li>Vicksburg-Warren School District, Vicksburg, MS, $413,734.00</li><li>Beaufort County Schools, Washington, NC, $416,376.00</li>
<li>Bridgeton City School District, Bridgeton, NJ, $352,036.00</li><li>Camden City Board of Education, Camden, NJ, $246,328.00</li><li>Addison Central School District, Addison, NY, $362,910.00</li><li>McGraw Central School District, McGraw , NY, $260,956.00</li>
<li>The Books for Kids Foundation, New York, NY, $424,986.00</li><li>Cleveland Municipal School District, Cleveland, OH, $580,395.00</li><li>Maryetta School, Stilwell, OK, $288,367.00</li><li>Cottonwood Public School, Coalgate, OK, $198,908.00</li>
<li>Lane Elementary, Lane, OK, $234,416.00</li><li>Lincoln County School District, Newport, OR, $446,470.00</li><li>Karnes City Independent School District, Karnes City, TX, $409,258.00</li><li>Navasota ISD, Navasota ISD, TX, $353,382.00</li>
<li>Education Service Center, Region 2, Corpus Christi, TX, $509,720.00</li><li>Crockett Independent School District, Crockett, TX, $446,000.00</li><li>Houston Independent School District, Houston, TX, $468,105.00</li><li>
Chilton Independent School District, Chilton, TX, $372,901.00</li><li>Region 5 Education Service Center, Beaumont, TX, $316,108.00</li><li>Nixon-Smiley Consolidated Independent School District, Nixon, TX, $435,700.00</li>
<li>The East Austin College Prep Academy, Austin , TX, $352,234.00</li><li>Refugio Independent School District, Refugio, TX, $225,448.00</li><li>The Children’s Reading Foundation, Kennewick, WA, $1,390,015.00</li><li>Athens School District , Athens, WI, $254,015.00</li>
<li>Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI, $473,159.00</li></ul><br>-- <br>Sara Kelly Johns, School Librarian<br>Lake Placid Middle/High School Library<br>Instructor, Mansfield University School Library & Information Technology Program<br>
AASL Division Councilor. ALA Council<br>AASL Legislative Committee<br>67 Canaras Ave.<br>Saranac Lake, NY 12983<br><a href="mailto:johns@northnet.org" target="_blank">johns@northnet.org</a><br><a href="mailto:skjohns@gmail.com" target="_blank">skjohns@gmail.com</a><br>
<br><br><br><br><br>"All knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market"--Maya Angelou, <i>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings</i><br>
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