Freehold Gets $2.3 Million In School Grants

New Jersey State Senator Jennifer Beck and Assemblywomen Mary Pat Angelini and Caroline Casagrande announced $2.3 million in state Schools Development Authority (SDA) grants for Freehold Regional High School and Freehold Township school improvement projects

“We commend this vast and profound commitment to our students and educators, by continuing record funding levels in this program to ensure children and teachers work in the safest and most secure learning environments,” Beck said. “This is one of the few initiatives where we see residents’ hard-earned state tax dollars and property tax dollars directly infused into the classroom to foster our next generation of leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs.”

“I'm pleased that the Freehold Township School District will benefit from critical school improvement projects,” said Angelini. “The health and safety of our area students is a paramount concern, and these grants will help Freehold Township schools toward their goal of providing a secure and efficiently-run schools, so students can focus on what's most important — their education.”

“It is gratifying to see $864,969 coming to the eight Freehold Township schools for these necessary projects,” said Casagrande. “The State’s contribution to the cost of these improvements will lessen the burden on the local property taxpayer, while providing the needed upgrades that benefit the students. I applaud the Schools Development Authority for awarding the Freehold Township School District this funding through the Regular Operating District grant program.”

Here’s a bit about this grant program:

In May 2013, Governor Chris Christie made approximately half a billion dollars in funding available for projects throughout the state’s 559 Regular Operating Districts and 21 County Vocational Technical School Districts across New Jersey. The Department of Education, which determines the selection of school projects to receive grant funds, has approved more than 1,600 ROD Grant projects in 335 school districts throughout the state for this allocation. Between state and local contributions, the total project costs of the eligible projects are estimated to exceed $1.2 billion, representing significant benefit not only to the children served by the state’s public schools but also to the economy and construction industry as this important work advances.