[StBernard] St. Tammany, Bernard school districts get federal grants for emergency plans

[Westley Annis]

St. Tammany, Bernard school districts get federal grants for emergency plans
Posted by St. Bernard bureau September 12, 2007 11:25AM
Categories: North Shore
St. Bernard bureau 

The U.S. Department of Education has given grants to two area school
districts to further develop emergency response plans. 

The Education Department announced recently that the St. Tammany Parish
School District would receive $542,176 and that the St. Bernard Parish
School District would receive $326,911. 

They are among 91 school districts nationwide to receive more than $27
million to help develop and enhance emergency plans, the Education
Department said in a news release. 

In Louisiana, the Terrebonne Parish School District also will receive a
grant, for $248,981. 

School districts receiving the grants commit to developing written plans
that are coordinated with the state's homeland security plans. Among other
items, the grant money can be used to train school personnel and students in
emergency management, coordinate with local emergency responders or purchase
equipment.