MA, Multiple Grants Awarded for School Safety
The state will give $7.2 million in grants to public schools to purchase new security equipment, systems and software, including $1.5 million to districts in Central Massachusetts
In total, 28 school systems in the region will receive grants, ranging from just under $30,000 to $80,000. Worcester, Fitchburg, Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School and Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School each will receive $80,000 for doors and locks, cameras and other security devices.
There are 140 school districts, charter schools and vocational schools around the state that received a grant in the funding round announced Tuesday. In addition to building enhancements, that money is intended for expenses like radio systems and security card readers.
Grants Awarded in Central Massachusetts:
| Ashburnham-Westminster: $48,000 |
| Auburn: $48,000 |
| Berlin-Boylston: $34,950 |
| Blackstone Valley Tech: $80,000 |
| Clinton: $30,000 |
| Fitchburg: $80,000 |
| Gardner: $60,000 |
| Leicester: $52,673 |
| Leominster: $74,448 |
| Lunenburg: $55,500 |
| Mendon-Upton: $28,678 |
| Millbury: $59,392 |
| Montachusett Tech: $80,000 |
| Nashoba: $62,230 Biopharma, Climate Change and the Rise of Infectious Disease |
| North Brookfield: $35,000 |
| Northbridge: $59,700 |
| Oxford: $59,111 |
| Quabbin: $60,000 |
| Quaboag: $34,900 |
| Shrewsbury: $70,000 |
| Sizer School: $38,437 |
| Southbridge: $33,500 |
| Uxbridge: $60,000 |
| Wachusett: $43,846 |
| Webster: $60,184 |
| Worcester: $80,000 |
| Wachusett: $43,846 |
