KEPPEL GETS FUNDS FOR EDUCATION.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PEARBLOSSOM - The Keppel Union School District will get more than $720,000 in federal aid over three years to train teachers, hire literacy coaches and buy instructional material aimed at boosting pupils' reading skills. Made available to school districts with underperforming schools, the $721,500 Reading First grant is part of the No Child Left Behind Act The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), commonly known as NCLB (IPA: /ˈnɪkəlbiː/), is a United States federal law that was passed in the House of Representatives on May 23, 2001 , President George W. Bush's education-reform plan. ``With this budget crunch (1) To process data. See number crunching. (2) To compress data. See data compression. 1. (jargon) crunch - To process, usually in a time-consuming or complicated way. we wanted to do so much more to support our teachers and students and give them every opportunity to learn. When you are in times like this, you have to look at opportunities like grants that come along,'' said Roberta Zapf, Keppel assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. of instructional services. ``It's a huge grant. Being a little school district that we are, we are proud to be accepted.'' The Keppel district was one of 61 in California, and the only one in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , approved to receive funds from the $132.9 million the state got from the federal government. Antelope Valley, Daisy Gibson and Lake Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. qualified to receive funding under the grant because they have failed to meet targets for academic improvement set by the state. Districts also qualified to apply if they have in place one of two reading programs adopted by the state, Zapf said. Supplemented with other federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve the district is getting, the grant money will be used to provide training for all teachers at the district's five elementary schools elementary school: see school. , not just the 37 at Antelope Valley, Daisy Gibson and Lake Los Angeles, Zapf said. The teachers will undergo five days of training in August that will help them teach reading more effectively, Zapf said. The money also will pay for two literacy coaches who will rotate through the five schools to help instructors and for training of one teacher at each school to be backup literacy coaches, Zapf said. The funding also will used to buy materials and resources to support instruction and for an online professional development program, Zapf said. |
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