The 301 Central Education Foundation awards Central School District 301 teachers, presenting them with more than $14,000 in grants to fulfill their classroom wish lists and the school district will also receive $12,000 to complete the WiFi access at all of the schools in the district.
Some of the recipients are: Central High School physical education department with $1,000 for two iPads, $800 to Eilken and reading teacher Donna Roark at Country Trails Elementary for bilingual and foreign language books and others.
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