Woods Foundation awards local schools $357,500 in technology grants
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[June
26, 2013]
The board of directors of The Woods Foundation
announced Monday that it has awarded a total of $357,500 in the form
of technology grants to school districts that have school buildings
in Logan County.
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The Woods Foundation issued a solicitation to superintendents or
principals of all Logan County school districts on May 9, requesting
that they submit by June 3 a separate grant application for
improvement of technology for each school building in Logan County.
The Woods Foundation committed to providing grants of up to $20,000
for each building if their grant applications were approved. Grant
applications were submitted for all 18 school buildings in Logan
County, representing 11 different school districts. The board of
directors approved all applications, for a total award of $357,500.
The schools will use the grant funds for a variety of projects,
including purchasing tablet devices and implementing Smart Board
technology.
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This is the third and final year that The Woods Foundation has
solicited technology grants. Over this three-year period, The Woods
Foundation has awarded more than $1 million in this effort, with the
goal of helping local schools update certain aspects of their
technology in order to enhance educational opportunities available
to students in Logan County.
The Woods Foundation was made possible through the generosity of
Robert J. Woods and Joan Jarrett Woods, who established and funded
The Woods Foundation to carry on their long history of philanthropy.
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