Cairo Association of Teachers - Newsletter

CAT Tracks for April 2, 2009 SEEIN' IS BELIEVIN'

Maybe Cairo School District officials will finally believe what CAT Tracks has been reporting for months now...maybe their state of denial will end.

Maybe...

CAT Editor's Note: Evidently, Meridian was inadvertantly left off of the list. They were on an earlier list...also receiving less stimulus dollars than Cairo.

Area schools get Recovery Act funding

BY THE SOUTHERN

Forty-two Southern Illinois school districts have received funding as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Recovery Act funds are for Title I, which benefits low-income students, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The funds will be released in two installments according to established formulas.

The first payments were released Wednesday; the second are due to arrive in the fall.

"This funding supports students in need to make sure they are receiving a quality education," said U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello, who announced the funding Wednesday. "A strong economy depends upon our ability to educate our children and maintain a productive work force that is equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st Century."

The districts and total allocations approved for this year are listed below alphabetically, with Title I funds listed first and IDEA second.

Akin Community Consolidated School District 91 ($12,428, $24,000);

Anna Community Consolidated School District 37 ($114,528, $182,000);

Anna-Jonesboro Community High School District 81 ($64,872, $107,000);

Benton Community Consolidated School District 147 ($261,378, $284,000);

Benton Consolidated High School District 103 ($86,489, $130,000);

Cairo Community Unit School District 1 ($351,966, $230,000);

Carbondale Community High School District 165 ($237,277, $248,000);

Carbondale Elementary School District 95 ($565,575, $392,000);

Carterville Community Unit School District 5 ($229,924, $380,000);

Century Community Unit School District 100 ($81,813, $123,000);

Chester Community Unit School District 139 ($93,347, $270,000);

Chester North High School District 122 ($0, $12,000);

Christopher Community Unit School District 99 ($151,156, $184,000);

Cobden School Unit District 17 ($88,821, $144,000);

Community Consolidated School District 204 ($16,257, $0);

Coulterville Unit School District ($46,314, $76,000);

Crab Orchard Community Unit School District 3 ($33,563, $83,000);

De Soto Consolidated School District 86 ($46,631, $52,000);

Dongola School Unit District 66 ($49,009, $77,000);

Du Quoin Community Unit School District 300 ($190,615, $360,000);

Egyptian Community Unit School District ($179,150, $179,000);

Elverado Community Unit School District 196 ($89,609, $117,000);

Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115 ($22,457, $50,000);

Giant City Community Consolidated School District 130 ($20,452, $58,000);

Herrin Community Unit School District 4 ($417,102, $549,000);

Johnston City Community Unit School District 1 ($190,435, $315,000);

Jonesboro Community Consolidated School District 43 ($61,435, $86,000);

Marion Community Unit School District 2 ($560,823, $893,000);

Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 ($374,936, $578,000);

Pinckneyville Community High School District 101 ($33,039, $95,000);

Pinckneyville School District 50 ($59,784, $175,000);

Prairie du Rocher Community Consolidated School District 154 ($7,702, $23,000);

Red Bud Community Unit School District 132 ($60,309, $252,000);

Shawnee Community Unit School District 84 ($130,179, $133,000);

Sparta Community Unit School District 140 ($198,128, $363,000);

Steeleville Community Unit School District 138 ($33,039, $107,000);

Tamaroa School District 5 ($9,954, $25,000);

Thompsonville Community Unit School District 174 ($35,835, $20,000);

Thompsonville School District 62 ($0, $46,000);

Trico Community Unit School District 176 ($130,273, $239,000);

Valmeyer Community Unit School District 3 ($9,353, $81,000);

Wolf Branch School District 113 ($0, $196,000);

Zeigler-Royalton Community Unit School District 188 ($97,046, $155,000).