Booker T Washington Center Receives $2.5-Million Grant for Auburn School Programming

The Booker T Washington Community Center has been awarded 2.5 million dollars in grant funding to provide programming to Auburn students.

Out of 240 applicants, the center was one of 42 selected to receive funding through the US Department of Education’s Full-Service Community Schools grant program.

The money will be used to provide free before school programming at Casey Park, Genesee, Herman, and Seward Elementary Schools as well as after school programs at Herman which will help address daycare needs in the district.

“We are thrilled to be one of the recipients of this funding so that we can better serve the students, the future leaders, in our community,” said Denise Farrington, Executive Director, Booker T. Washington Community Center.

“With BTW’s established partnerships in the community, it made sense for the school district to extend our support to help with this process,” said Camille Johnson, AECSD Assistant Superintendent for Student Services. “This is yet another example of our strong partnership with the Booker T. Washington Community Center… While the grant is expansive, some of the highlights include adding free before-school programming at Casey Park, Genesee, Herman, and Seward Elementary Schools, as well as free after-school programming at Herman Elementary School, which will help address the long-standing daycare needs in our school district. We will also be able to include additional programing to expand our Multi-Tiered Systems of Support model for behavioral, mental health, and social-emotional learning at our elementary schools, as well as offer vision services.”