327 schools awarded grants from Lt. Gov. Ainsworth

Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth has granted almost $179 million to 327 K-12 public schools throughout Alabama, with Black Belt schools being among them. 

According to Alabama Daily News, the funding comes from the Capital Grant Program created in early 2023. An estimated 80% of the schools benefitting from the grants are those in which more than half of the students are said to be at-risk. 

The grants are aimed at assisting with capital projects to "enhance" the education environment of students, as well as to pay for debts on prior projects, help with deferred maintenance on facilities, increase school security and pay for technology and equipment. 

See below for a list of Black Belt schools that are receiving grants: 

Aliceville High School: $1,000,000

Amelia L. Johnson High School: $300,000

Barbour County Intermediate School: $600,000

Breakthrough Charter School: $100,000

Bullock County High School: $600,000

Camden School Of Arts & Technology: $100,000

Camden School Of Arts & Technology: $100,000

Clarke County High School: $100,000

Demopolis Middle School: $350,000

Fort Deposit Elementary School: $100,000

Francis Marion School: $79,807.16

Greene County High School: $1,100,000

Greensboro Elementary School: $4,999.24

Greensboro High School: $5,975.82

Greensboro Middle School: $5,938.28

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Greenville Elementary School: $100,000

Greenville High School: $50,000

Greenville High School: $50,000

Greenville High School: $100,000

Greenville Middle School: $50,000

Hale County High School: $3,659.00

Hale County Middle School: $2,430

Linden High School: $1,100,000

Livingston Junior High School: $1,300,000

Lowndes County Middle School: $500,000.00

Luverne High School: $500,000

Marengo High School: $300,000

Pike Road Intermediate School: $1,800,000

School Of Discovery Genesis Center: $1,100,000

Thomasville Elementary School: $250,000.00

Thomasville High School: $250,000.00

Thomasville Middle School: $100,000

See here for the full list.