Thanks in large part to an anonymous benefactor, thousands of dollars were meted out to Llano Independent School District teachers for 23 special projects ranging from a trip to the Johnson City Zoo for bilingual students in summer school to a geometry art project for Packsaddle Elementary fourth-graders.
The individual LISD Academic Booster Club Grants that are included within the $28,108, total, range from $500, for the zoo trip, to the largest single award of $2,500. The $2,500, grant will be used to provide life skills students at Llano High School with a smartboard.
“We ask teachers to write a grant proposal that is innovative, such as something new for the classroom, a program or an experience such as a field trip,” said LISD Assistant Superintendent James Payne, who spoke with the News on Friday. “The academic boosters support the district by paying for that.”
