Ft. Smith School Receives Grant

Belle Point Alternative School in Ft. Smith is one of three Arkansas schools that is receiving a grant.  The State Department of Education announced July 1 that Belle Point will receive a federal School Improvement Grant in the amount of $1 million.  The other two schools are Baseline Elementary School in Little Rock and Osceola High School.  Each school has been classified as a 'priority school'.

They had to go thru a competitive application process showing how improvement models approved by the federal government, would be implemented.

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