| UPDATE 12/11/2018 - Calhoun Schools received a School Building Authority grant for $290,000 to make repairs to the heating and cooling system at Pleasant Hill Elementary School.
The school system did not received $1.9 million to build safe school entrances at Calhoun Middle-High School and Pleasant Hill School.
CALHOUN SCHOOLS SEEKING $1.9 MILLION FOR SAFE SCHOOLS ENTRANCES FROM SBA
ORIGINAL STORY - The West Virginia School Building Authority meets today to decide which counties will receive this year's NEEDs grants.
Representatives from 27 counties, including Calhoun, made their pitches to the SBA in late October. The projects total $135 million but the SBA only has $45 million to spend this cycle.
Ben Ashley, SBA's director of architectural services, said the finance committee hopes to increase that number.
The amount of money Calhoun is requesting $1.9 million for safe school entrances at Pleasant Hill and Calhoun Middle/High School, according to Superintendent Kelli Whytsell.
The new Arnoldsburg Elementary School has the safe entrance security system.
Ashley said the SBA staff will have its recommendations for the full authority at Monday's meeting and members will decide which projects to fund based on nine criteria including health and safety, education innovation and impact on maintenance.
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