Four Area School Districts To Receive Grants

Four Southwest Wisconsin school districts are receiving grants totaling nearly $120,000 to buy equipment to prepare students for careers in advanced manufacturing fields. The recipients are: Southwestern and Prairie du Chien schools, with $49,900 each for “Regional Equitable Access in Additive Manufacturing through Augmented Reality” to each buy two “augmented reality welding training systems.” Benton School District, with just over $10,000 for “Personal Protective Equipment and Credentialing: Southwest Wisconsin Style” to buy a 3M Worker Health and Safety Awareness Program PPE Kit, instructional materials and instructor training, and Cuba City schools, with just over $9,600 for its high school Career and Technical Education Enrichment Program to buy and install equipment including a computer numerical control plasma cutting table, instructional materials and software.