Published: December 22, 2018

EDUCATION COMMISSIONER CANDICE MCQUEEN ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE 218 PUBLIC SCHOOL RECIPIENTS OF THE 2019 READ TO BE READY SUMMER GRANTS. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE THE GRANTS WILL PROVIDE A TOTAL OF EIGHT MILLION NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN FUNDING FOR TUITION-FREE, MONTH-LONG LITERACY-FOCUSED SUMMER CAMPS FOR EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TEN STUEDENTS. AMONG THE SCHOOLS IN THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE AREA TO RECEIVE THE GRANT INCLUDE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY: LEOMA ELEMENTARY, NEW PROSPECT SCHOOL, LAWRENCEBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL, DAVID CROCKETT ELEMENTARY, AND INGRAM SOWELL; IN GILES COUNTY: ELKTON ELEMENTARY, RICHLAND ELEMENTARY AND PULASKI ELEMENTARY; AND IN WAYNE COUNTY: WAYNESBORO ELEMENTARY, COLLINWOOD ELEMENTARY AND FRANK HUGHES SCHOOL. FOR SUMMER 2019, THE DEPARTMENT EXPANDED STUDENTS’ ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM BY CHANGING THE STUDENT-TO-TEACHER RATIO FROM 1TO 5 TO 1 TO 6. ALLOWING MORE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE QUALITY AND CLOSE-KNIT NATURE OF CAMPS. FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF SCHOOLS AND FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO TN DOT GOV SLASH READ TO BE READY.