The West Ada School District has shared with CBS2 how it plans to spend more than $50 million in federal relief funds.
It plans to spend the dollars in a three-year timeline. All of the $50.5 million has been or is set to be allocated.
- I-Ready Online Math Support and Assessment- K-8— $1.2 million
- Learning Management System, piloted this year and adopted for next year— $1.4 million
- Math and ELA Student Supports to Address Individual Learning Gaps— $1.3 million
- Middle School and High School Math Coaches for next two years— $1.7 million
- Virtual tutoring programming— $1.1 million
- Data coaches to provide teachers with specific data for student achievement— $400,000
- Training for school staff on engaging students and families on student behavioral health and academic needs– $1 million
- Summer compensatory services for special populations—$600,000
- Special education support— remediation— $1.75 million
- Student behavioral health counseling services— $550,000
- Community engagement initiatives— $200,000
- Textbook adoption (CTE)— $1.9 million
- Textbook adoption (ELA, Math)— $6.7 million
- IT— Next Generation Filtering Technology (GoGuardian)— $2.4 million
- Firewall— $1 million
- K-5 Student 1:1 Devices— $2.3 million
West Ada officials say the remaining $24 million will be used to help fund items previously that were budgeted and committed to “offset shortfalls in state funding and projected declines in enrollment.”