The Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District is taking steps to use a $30 million federal grant to operate a Promise Community in Leflore County.
The district’s school board voted Tuesday to approve a memorandum of agreement between the district and Delta Health Alliance, the Stoneville based nonprofit that received the funding for the Promise Community on behalf of Leflore County, subject to both parties agreeing on the terms of the proposal.
Those terms still need to be finalized.
Goals under Leflore County’s Promise Community include improving the academic achievements and college and career preparation for the district’s students. The program is scheduled to begin at the start of the next school year.
Last month, Dr. LaShon Brooks of Delta Health Alliance told the board that it must approve various initiatives as required by the memorandum that details how the district would utilize funding to achieve goals under the Promise Community.
Dr. Mary Brown, the district’s superintendent, and Dr. Kenneth Pulley, the deputy superintendent, met with Brooks last week to go over some of the district’s proposed initiatives.
Brooks told the board Tuesday that she provided feedback on the district’s first draft of proposals and will do the same for the next draft.
Although the proposed initiatives still need to be finalized, the board approved a motion to allow Brown to sign the memorandum once the district and Delta Health Alliance each agree to the terms.
