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Adair County Schools closer to federal education grant Green River Regional Educational Cooperative (GRREC) one of 61 Race to the Top finalists. Adair County is a a GREC member school News from Adair County School District Nearly two months ago the Adair County School district and its teachers decided to join an elite group of school districts in applying for the federal Race to the Top initiative. If the application is approved, fundamental changes in teaching strategies will be incorporated at the classroom level, and other changes affecting the overall climate of Adair County's schools will be put into place. "We asked for buy-in from our faculty and the response was overwhelming," says Superintendent Alan Reed. "Around 96% of our teachers elected to make the commitment to make serious changes." Reed says the district has just found out that the district is one step closer to receiving a portion of $400 million in federal grants. While many school districts opted out, Reed said, "We recognized early on that our best chance of making the cut with the U.S. Department of Education was through our regional cooperative (GRREC)." According to the Department of Education, Race to the Top funding is being awarded to districts and cooperatives that lay out plans and programs to personalize student learning. "While I think we have a very strong grant, and we are among the 61 finalists, the odds are still long since the Department of Education plans to award between 15 and 25 grants. Had we not applied, we know what the answer would be," said Reed. According to the Regional Cooperative, the proposal calls for improvements at each school in the districts to help students understand their own role when they arrive at the school building and take responsibility for their role. Reed says that the Race to the Top funding would allow the co-op to provide much support and increase staffing in Adair County Schools. "With well over 30 teacher cuts in past five or six years and with tough new mandates, we would welcome the increased support and staffing in our schools. I'm just thrilled to see our faculty be forward-thinking and for every school in our district to pull together on this initiative," said Reed. Many districts much larger than ours chose to walk away from a unique opportunity. The Department of Education will announce their final decisions by December 31, 2012. This story was posted on 2012-11-30 08:05:52
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