http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/triangle_schools_receive_dropout_grants Comments for "Triangle schools receive dropout grants" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/triangle_schools_receive_dropout_grants <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"> <p>Several Triangle-area school districts and two universities are among the 60 recipients of $7 million in dropout prevention grants that lawmakers included in the 2007 state budget.</p><p>Recipients include Athens Drive High in Raleigh, Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School, Durham Public Schools, Communities in Schools of Orange County and Chatham County schools, Dan Kane reports.</p><p>A legislative committee will evaluate the programs to determine which are succeeding and should be replicated in other parts of the state. House Speaker <a href="/under_the_dome/profiles/joe_hackney">Joe Hackney</a>, an Orange County Democrat, is a proponent of the grants, and fought to include them in the budget.</p><p>After the jump, a list of the grants.</p> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-readmore"> <a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/triangle_schools_receive_dropout_grants"><img src="http://projects.newsobserver.com/sites/8830.newsobserver-drupal-projects.apps.prod.nandomedia.com/themes/nao/images/dome_read_more.gif" width="74" height="23" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/triangle_schools_receive_dropout_grants#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/triangle_schools_receive_dropout_grants#comment dropouts Education Joe Hackney N.C. Central N.C. Central University unc-chapel hill Under the Dome Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:44:34 -0500 ryanteaguebeckwith 4559 at http://projects.newsobserver.com