The St. Louis Park and Minneapolis school districts are the states only recipients of grants aimed at reducing dropout rates. The St. Louis Park School District accepted a check for 900 on Thursday, Dec. 18, at the state Capitol from the AT&T Foundation to support its 9th Grade Building Assets-Reducing Risks program. The Minneapolis School District received about 000 for its Check and Connect intervention programs. Graduating from high school is a first step toward a lifetime of individual success, St. Louis Park Superintendent Debra Bowers said. These funds will enable us to help our students graduate from high school and become better prepared for college and the workforce. St. Louis Park Board of Education Chair Bruce Richardson praised the grants in both his capacity with the school board and as a businessman at the Capitol press conference Dec. 18. Im very thankful were able to provide an education to these kids in an exemplary manner, he said. Of the public-private grant partnership, Richardson said, When we work together, good things happen. The event demonstrates the increasing recognition in the business community of the need for partnerships to ensure students are prepared for post-secondary education, said Morgan Brown, assistant commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Education. He also noted the grants highlight the need for more suburban school districts to address at-risk students and drop out rates. People used to think of these as urban issues …
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