School Awarded Grants
Elementary School Principal Brad Jones reported May 12 that GCISD is the beneficiary of a KIDS Technology Innovation Challenge Grant awarded to the Allen Independent School District by the U.S. Department of Education. By participating in the KIDS (Key Instructional Design Strategies) Grant, GCISD will receive approximately $30,000 worth of computer hardware and software, plus a weeklong KIDS Institute Professional Development session in Allen, TX, for a team of four teachers, one administrator and one librarian/media specialist (including hotel, meal and travel costs). Each participant will train two other educators in the district.
Jones said local educators who will attend the institute along with him are Kenneth Chandler, Bea Correa, Tanya Multer, Phyllis Byrnes and Dana Cook. Fifty school districts, most with fewer than 1,000 students, are to be included in the project.
In addition, School Superintendent Steve Long said the district has been awarded an $8,500 grant for telecommunications by the Universal Service Administrative Company, Schools and Libraries Division. He said the money can be used to help pay for T-1 computer lines and some phone bills.