Williamsburg Community School District Has Plans for Grant

With the $1,049,000 Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER II) Fund Williamsburg Community School District will be receiving, the school board announced some plans for the grant during last Tuesday evening’s school board meeting.

Allotted by Congress to the Education Stabilization Fund, ESSER II Funds are intended to provide emergency relief to schools affected by COVID-19.

Superintendent Lisa Murgas announced that 20 percent of the grant is mandated toward the district’s remediation program, which includes curriculum, staffing and summer school. Murgas also mentioned a yearly...