EnCircle's Minnick Schools receives $570K USDA grant
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – EnCircle's Minnick Schools in Roanoke is excited to announce the continued investment in local area students and their future with a grant awarded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development.
'This grant will help provide instructors with distance learning technology so they can support hundreds of students with special education needs, including those in the most rural districts I am honored to serve. These students will have an even richer experience because of this technology,' said U.S. Representative Morgan Griffith.
EnCircle Minnick School officials said they have received the Distance Learning and Telemedicine award and $570,892 that will go toward the development of telehealth and advanced telecommunications technology in the classroom.
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This generous grant will provide technology and expand access for students and their families to 'critically needed behavioral health care' at Minnick locations. Teachers and behavioral support from all Minnick Schools will also now be linked in real time, enhancing professional development opportunities, according to school officials.
'We are excited about the innovative ways we will be able to connect all students and staff, particularly those in our most rural locations, to new learning and wellness opportunities. It enables us to connect classrooms in Roanoke, Wytheville, and Grundy with a primary focus on Career and Technical Education (CTE) but also provides support in Grundy from our larger schools where there is a wider range of educators with specific specialties,' said enCircle CEO Ray Ratke.
To learn more about enCircle's Minnick Schools, visit enCircleAll.org.
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