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Mahoning Valley schools awarded state grants for security upgrades

By Mahoning Matters staff
School Safety Grant Program
(Office of Gov. Mike DeWine)

Schools throughout the Mahoning Valley will receive state funds to help pay for security upgrades that improve the safety of students and staff.

Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday announced that 1,183 schools in 81 counties will receive nearly $47 million as part of the second round of funding through the Ohio K-12 School Safety Grant Program, a news release states. Grants, up to $50,000, will be used to cover the costs of security enhancements such as security cameras, public address systems, automatic door locks, visitor badging systems and exterior lighting, the release states.

“With the start of the new school year quickly approaching, we want students, staff and parents to know that we care about school safety, and we’re working every day to make sure that rural, urban and suburban schools alike have the safety and security resources they need,” DeWine said in the release.

Here are the Valley schools that were awarded grants and the amount they will receive:

MAHONING COUNTY

Boardman Local School District

  • Boardman High School, $50,000

  • Center Middle School, $48,786

  • Glenwood Middle School, $50,000

  • Robinwood Lane Elementary School, $43,516

  • Stadium Drive Elementary School, $37,011

  • West Boulevard Elementary School, $50,000

Campbell City School District

  • Campbell Memorial High School, $50,000

Jackson-Milton Local School District

  • Jackson-Milton Elementary School, $43,931

  • Jackson-Milton High School, $50,000

Lowellville Local School District

  • Lowellville High School, $50,000

  • North Side Elementary School, $50,000

Mahoning Career & Technical Center, $50,000

Poland Local School District

  • Dobbins Elementary School, $50,000

  • McKinley Elementary School, $50,000

  • Poland Middle School, $50,000

  • Poland Seminary High School, $50,000

South Range Local School District

  • South Range Elementary School, $50,000

  • South Range High School, $50,000

  • South Range Middle School, $46,189

Springfield Local School District

  • Springfield High School, $50,000

  • Springfield Intermediate Middle School, $35,052

STEAM Academy Youngstown Elementary, $33,000

Struthers City School District

  • Struthers Elementary School, $33,606

  • Struthers High School, $21,420

  • Struthers Middle School, $50,000

West Branch Local School District

  • West Branch Early Learning Center, $49,618

  • West Branch High School, $50,000

  • West Branch Intermediate School, $43,140

  • West Branch Middle School, $50,000

Youngstown City School District

  • Chaney High School, $50,000

  • Chaney Middle School at McGuffey Campus, $50,000

  • Choffin Career & Technical Center, $50,000

  • East High School, $50,000

  • East Middle School, $50,000

  • Harding Elementary School, $50,000

  • Martin Luther King Elementary School, $50,000

  • Paul C. Bunn Elementary School, $50,000

  • Rayen Early College Middle School, $50,000

Youngstown Community School, $50,000

TRUMBULL COUNTY

Howland Local School District

  • Howland Glen Elementary School, $32,419

  • Howland High School, $50,000

  • Howland Middle School, $47,809

  • Howland Springs Elementary School, $33,879

  • Mines Elementary School, $31,629

Hubbard Exempted Village School District

  • Hubbard Elementary School, $38,205

  • Hubbard High School, $50,000

  • Hubbard Middle School, $34,783

LaBrae Local School District

  • Bascom Elementary School, $1,698

  • LaBrae High School, $13,560

Lordstown Local School District

  • Lordstown Elementary School, $50,000

  • Lordstown High School, $50,000

McDonald Local School District

  • McDonald High School, $8,049

  • Roosevelt Elementary School, $21,465

Newton Falls Exempted Village School District

  • Newton Falls Elementary School, $30,786

  • Newton Falls High School, $22,278

  • Newton Falls Junior High School, $22,278

  • Newton Falls Middle School, $30,786

Niles City School District

  • Niles Intermediate School, $50,000

Warren City School District

  • Jefferson K-8 School, $12,526

  • Lincoln K-8 School, $12,526

  • McGuffey K-8 School, $12,526

  • Warren G. Harding High School, $20,416

  • Willard Avenue K-8 School, $12,526

Weathersfield Local School District

  • Mineral Ridge High School, $50,000

COLUMBIANA COUNTY

Columbiana Educational Service Center, $40,245

Columbiana Exempted Village School District

  • Columbiana High School, $50,000

  • Joshua Dixon Elementary School, $50,000

  • South Side Middle School, $50,000

Lisbon Exempted Village School District

  • McKinley Elementary School, $50,000

In the first round of funding from the K-12 School Safety Grant Program in May, Campbell Elementary School received $99,617 and Northeast Ohio Impact Academy in Campbell received $24,916.

The program was launched in 2021 with an appropriation of $5 million in Senate Bill 310. An additional $100 million was added to the program in 2022 with funds from the American Rescue Plan Act, the release states.

This story was originally published August 3, 2022 at 5:00 AM.