Schools in Berrien and Cass counties to receive $1.4M for security upgrades

Several school districts in Berrien County and one in Cass County have received a total of $1.4 million from Michigan's Competitive School Safety Grant Program.

Benton Harbor Area Schools received a $928,725 grant for school security. The district is required to provide matching funds of 25-percent of the grant.

The following schools and districts received funds that do not require matching funds:

Benton Harbor Charter School Academy

Berrien

Benton Harbor

$21,590

Berrien RESA

Berrien

Berrien Springs

$22,355

Berrien Springs Public Schools

Berrien

Berrien Springs

$70,890

Brandywine Community Schools

Berrien

Niles

$228,741

Countryside Academy

Berrien

Benton Harbor

$23,726

Michigan Lutheran High School

Berrien

Saint Joseph

$23,396

Milfred C. Wells Academy

Berrien

Benton Harbor

$7,460

Sodus Township School District

Berrien

Sodus

$11,699

Marcellus Community Schools

Cass

Marcellus

$75,657

The districts and schools have until September 2019 to spend the grant money.

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