Local schools participate in GEAR UP grant

Press release

Several local schools are among those in the state participating in a multi-million dollar grant to help students get to and stay in college.

Box Elder, Harlem, Hays-Lodge Pole and Rocky Boy are among the 18 school districts participating in the $24.5 million seven-year grant for the U.S. Department of Education.

Montana’s Office of Commissioner of Higher Education will use the GEAR UP grant to help more than 5,700 Montana students in grades seven through 12. The grant will provide middle and high schools in the 18 low-income communities with funding for services that help studen...