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School safety grants awarded to UP schools

MARQUETTE, MI— Eleven U.P. schools and intermediate school districts have received money through the state’s Competitive School Safety Grant Program.

The grants will go toward the purchase of equipment and/or technology to improve the safety and security of school buildings, students, and staff.

The grants were awarded as follows:

Breitung Township Schools
Kingsford $39,870

Copper Island Academy
Calumet $35,000

Delta-Schoolcraft ISD
Escanaba $37,613

Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District
Bergland $50,000

Gwinn Area Community Schools
Gwinn $150,000

Holy Name Catholic School / Holy Name High School a Chesterton Academy
Escanaba $23,965

Holy Spirit Central (Catholic) School
Norway $24,000

Houghton-Portage Township Schools
Houghton $25,238

Iron Mountain Public Schools
Iron Mountain $250,000

Lake Linden-Hubbell Elementary/High School
Lake Linden $62,238

Sault Ste. Marie Area Public Schools
Sault Ste Marie $250,000

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.