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Durham School Gets $600K Grant
A Durham public school has received a $600,000 grant to boost beneficial behavior the school announced Tuesday.
Posted 2008-03-11T21:35:56+00:00 - Updated 2008-03-11T21:35:56+00:00
A Durham public school has received a $600,000 grant to boost beneficial behavior the school announced Tuesday.
Healthy Start Academy, 807 West Chapel Hill St., serves students in fourth through eighth grades.
The grant money will fund a mentoring program with these goals:
- reduce the drop-out rate,
- improve academic performance,
- improve interpersonal relationships with peers, teachers, other adults and family members, and
- prevent juvenile delinquency and gang involvement.
School officials expect to serve 150 area students.