Using federal funds, Vt. schools apply for a makeover

Four out of 10 Vermont schools tagged in March by the state as "persistently low-achieving" and eligible for more federal aid because of the designation have agreed to apply for the funding. The letters of intent to seek a piece of $8.5 million in federal stimulus dollars for education are trickling into the Vermont Department of Education, even though the department's commissioner said the option the schools are choosing — a transformation model that requires the firing of the principal in some cases — isn't favorably looked on by state education officials.

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Update on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 10:25AM by VCF Staff

The Fair Haven Union High School Board will apply to the state for between $300,000 and $500,000 in federal money to improve its students' academic performance.

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