Battelle grant to help county schools
A new $15,500 grant will help Anderson County Schools with the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum.
The school system and the Anderson County Commission approved this grant from the company Battelle at their April meetings.
It was one of several grants related to schools the County Commission approved at its Monday, April 22, meeting.
The commission also approved $675 from donations to the schools to help families with food insecurity.
It approved $100,000 from the unassigned fund balance for Norris Elementary School STEM designation, bleacher rentals, school outcome incentives and high school volleyball expenses. The commissioners approved all three of these measures together.
Commissioner Anthony Allen made the motion, and Commissioner Aaron Wells seconded for these three measures, which passed unanimously, although Michael Foster and Robert Smallridge were absent for this and other votes.
The commission also approved a transfer of $10,000 to help the Clinton High School RoboDragons travel to a robotics competition in Houston. They competed against other teams from around the world including Turkey, Israel, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, The Netherlands, and others April 17-20.