Knox School Board Approves Secured School Safety Grant Matching Funds

Superintendent A.J. Gappa
Superintendent A.J. Gappa
At their recent meeting, the Knox Community School Board members discussed the school safety grant the corporation received late last year

The matching grant was presented by Governor Pence in November and Superintendent A.J. Gappa said the school board is trying to be frugal in making a decision on how to spend that money since half of the money must come from the corporation.

“We’re using our grant money for entryway security and upgrades in video surveillance systems throughout the corporation for those that need it,” explained Gappa. “We’re actually going to spend about $55,000. Our half comes to about $27,500. The board approved taking the necessary money from the Rainy Day fund. When the grant money comes in. we’ll just replace it in that fund.”