Dade County Schools is among three school systems added to Georgia’s entry in the second round of competition for federal Race to the Top funding.
As the state filed its application Tuesday for about $400 million in a $4 billion federal pot, Gov. Sonny Perdue named the school districts added to the 23 that applied in the first round. The other two added systems are in Peach and Pulaski counties.
Dade Schools Superintendent Patty Priest said officials in Trenton sought to be included because a school improvement grant sought for Dade County High School had goals similar to those in the Race to the Top.
About three weeks ago, “we decided that, if our high school was going to be a part of the school improvement process, then all of our schools might benefit from that,” Mrs. Priest said.
As a participating system, Dade can be on the front end of implementation and decision-making, she said.