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Article: MCDOWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS RECEIVES $344,000 GRANT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 29, 2006
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The West Virginia Department of Education issued the following news release:
McDowell County schools have been awarded a $344,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development program.
The money will fund a school-based clinic at a new state-of-the-art high school under construction in Bradshaw that will combine students from Big Creek and Iaeger. Both students and community members will be able to use the clinic once it opens.
"This clinic will help fill a healthcare void in this area," said McDowell County Superintendent Mark Manchin. "Students and members of the community alike will be able to get the health screenings and care they desperately need."
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