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.
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.
A legislative committee will evaluate the programs to determine which are succeeding and should be replicated in other parts of the state. House Speaker Joe Hackney, an Orange County Democrat, is a proponent of the grants, and fought to include them in the budget.
After the jump, a list of the grants.
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Wake County
Athens Drive High School in Raleigh will receive $38,979 to help at-risk 9th- and 10th-grade students. The money will also pay for literacy training for teachers and a mentor program using college students.
Futures for Kids in Wake County will receive $150,000 to connect middle and high school students to people and companies who will encourage them to complete high school and develop a career plan.
Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School will receive $134,514 for an after school program mentored by high school students.
Durham County
Durham Public Schools district will receive $149,302 for an afternoon "twilight school" that helps students who are behind their peers or at risk of dropping out because they are primary caregivers for their families, while the N.C. Central University Foundation will receive $150,000 for the Durham At-Risk Youth Collaborative, a partnership of community organizations.
Orange County
Communities in Schools of Orange County will receive $150,000 for its Green Life Engineering Project for rising high school freshmen. Students in the summer program work on math, science and engineering projects led by college students.
UNC-Chapel Hill will receive $126,651 for an intervention program targeting "boys of color" in pre-kindergarten through third grade.
Chatham County
Chatham County Schools will receive $148,000 for a program that restructures teaching methods for students in grades 4-12 to help them prepare for college, while Harnett County Schools will receive $150,000 for a program to help high school students who have failed two or more classes get back on track.
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