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CONSORTIUM GRANT
The Chillicothe RII School District will receive a $330,000 grant for the 2007-08 school year from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Missouri Safe Schools Grant Program. The district's application received the highest score in its category, competing with other districts from the northwest part of the state.

Safe Schools grants are available for the purpose of establishing and implementing education services to address the needs of students with violent, abusive, and/or chronically disruptive behavior. Multi-year grants are available, with first-year projects selected through a competitive grant process.

Funded projects focus on intervention services, typically providing pull-out services (such as an alternative or management school) that promote academic and behavioral skills and strive to return students to regular classrooms when and where appropriate.

Successful programs demonstrate a need for Safe Schools education services and stress six activities:

• Rigorous instruction in core academic disciplines that incorporates the show-me standards
• Activities designed to enable students to better perform in the regular classroom and to transition students back to the regular classroom when merited by their performance
• A student-centered approach whereby activities are designed to meet the particular needs of individual students and address an area of need identified in the local school improvement plan
• Frequent parental involvement through parent/family counseling, parent training workshops, open houses, parent conferences, in-home visits, telephone calls, and newsletters
• Collaboration with existing community-based service providers
• Collaboration with the departments of public safety, social services, and mental health or other programs designed to address student needs beyond those traditionally addressed by schools.

The grant proposal from the Chillicothe RII and six (6) cooperative school districts was prepared by Karie Black. The new project is designed to assist students with credit or behavioral problems. Through academic courses and behavior modification, activities students can earn high school credits and transition back to their home school.

Proposals are by districts from throughout the state. A total of 71 proposals were submitted for the 2007-08 school year and, according to Department officials, 26 Continuation and 4 of 45 Year 1 grants have received approval.

For more information about the CACE (Chillicothe Alternative Center for Education) project, contact CACE Director Penny Kennebeck at 660-646-0013.

For more information about the Safe Schools Grant program, contact Instructional Technology section at 573-751-8247. 

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