[StBernard] Louisiana school systems apply for $120 million in federal government grants

[Westley Annis]

approximately $4 million a year for computers, teacher training, and LSU
psychiatry graduate students
 
which test will be online next year? is that end of course testing (that
replaced the GEE)?

	In St. Bernard, administrators hope for around $16 million over 4
years for
	teacher training and to put more computers in classrooms, said
Assistant
	Superintendent Beverly Lawrason. The computers are needed for new
online
	tests that go into effect next year, but also would give students
more
	opportunities to conduct research independently.
	
	Additionally, the district would improve mentorship opportunities
for
	struggling eighth-graders and strengthen its partnership with
Louisiana
	State University to bring more psychiatry graduate students into the
	schools.
	
	"It's pretty straightforward -- nothing real big, razzle-dazzle,"
Lawrason
	said.