{"id":116046,"date":"2023-02-14T20:16:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T01:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=116046"},"modified":"2023-02-14T20:16:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T01:16:49","slug":"mcneill-catasauqua-area-school-district-awarded-school-safety-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=116046","title":{"rendered":"McNeill: Catasauqua Area School District awarded school safety grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Can be used to fund safety equipment, programs<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHITEHALL, Feb. 14 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>State Rep. Jeanne McNeill today announced the Catasauqua Area School District has been awarded a state grant totaling $49,757 as part of the state\u2019s Safe Schools grant program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeeping schools safe is essential as it not only provides a peaceful learning environment for students, but also protects teachers, faculty and staff from harm,\u201d said McNeill, D-Lehigh. \u201cThis funding allows the district to obtain the additional safety equipment or programs necessary to keep everyone safe so children can remain focused on their education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The grant\u00a0awarded to Catasauqua Area School District was one of 166 awarded statewide as part of the $8 million program.<\/p>\n<p>The full list of awardees can be found on the Pennsylvania Department of Education\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn=3i8jCxBx6dG-2BW6pultME-2F7TzZ7XYgn8Z9qU9CjHRuOcdxV9T4XI-2BMOtULnI3cw60j8ZjnvnA0ETtKBi0-2B7JFJhL-2F0RLeCdi6O-2BxJ0u0-2BSnACHmEPf7M0qEplY7gvyr4ezp9P6XMy7pIrz8jRYjR8gYppu5dEs8DKLumppPeQSCI-3DYJfT_IjoTF7B7siOctqpKpzie9Goy2LitQ-2BN-2BTbRBsLSuvGM1COUXuuGsYiuZ7YrkpVciwCJjgdmf5gBJDpKIonW-2BvvcOrkY1iSmyR9AWMLw7D8Z7PBkc1Y0Zn-2BGn7VnHDIKKF1Rukhtha46WXF-2Fwhchqi7FiKP2PK8Gc2AB2XXI2ZPpQ4mcyle-2BG2yt0o9zwF4UBM5ZJ7MKWaEv7ui9dsfRKI5d0sW8y22ykBkn4uAdR-2B23jtvjLwxADo4pioA-2BQNweACra0YRkoc9n8Xn0EphEKzs6-2B6IBTZnrU4d7OwJ2V8HFHPFguQDhVCGyKWAkckKs1NAzVRxPjgPzIhrZuikFHeXSep4XsqVqRi8ylLKYYm-2Fa9c1-2FrmVTwKolE2ShFPsq7\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn%3D3i8jCxBx6dG-2BW6pultME-2F7TzZ7XYgn8Z9qU9CjHRuOcdxV9T4XI-2BMOtULnI3cw60j8ZjnvnA0ETtKBi0-2B7JFJhL-2F0RLeCdi6O-2BxJ0u0-2BSnACHmEPf7M0qEplY7gvyr4ezp9P6XMy7pIrz8jRYjR8gYppu5dEs8DKLumppPeQSCI-3DYJfT_IjoTF7B7siOctqpKpzie9Goy2LitQ-2BN-2BTbRBsLSuvGM1COUXuuGsYiuZ7YrkpVciwCJjgdmf5gBJDpKIonW-2BvvcOrkY1iSmyR9AWMLw7D8Z7PBkc1Y0Zn-2BGn7VnHDIKKF1Rukhtha46WXF-2Fwhchqi7FiKP2PK8Gc2AB2XXI2ZPpQ4mcyle-2BG2yt0o9zwF4UBM5ZJ7MKWaEv7ui9dsfRKI5d0sW8y22ykBkn4uAdR-2B23jtvjLwxADo4pioA-2BQNweACra0YRkoc9n8Xn0EphEKzs6-2B6IBTZnrU4d7OwJ2V8HFHPFguQDhVCGyKWAkckKs1NAzVRxPjgPzIhrZuikFHeXSep4XsqVqRi8ylLKYYm-2Fa9c1-2FrmVTwKolE2ShFPsq7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1676509874231000&amp;usg=AOvVaw112N3z9FaeNaej4D6hgipb\">Office for Safe Schools website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nThomas LeClair<br \/>\nHouse Democratic Communications Office<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can be used to fund safety equipment, programs WHITEHALL, Feb. 14 \u2013\u00a0State Rep. Jeanne McNeill today announced the Catasauqua Area School District has been awarded a state grant totaling $49,757 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=116046\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">McNeill: Catasauqua Area School District awarded school safety grant<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rep-Jeanne-McNeill.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}