Bay District School Board approves grant application for charter school

BAY COUNTY, Fla (WJHG/WECP) – A local charter high school has been approved by the Bay District School Board for more than half a million dollars in state funded grant money.

“We are an alternative school but it’s more than that, it’s a family,a said one student who addressed the board during Tuesdayas board meeting.

Central High School is a district charter school that uses adjusted scheduling and specialized curriculum to help at-risk students graduate.

The vote then went to the board, but not before students and parents had an opportunity to share their support for the school and encouraged the board to approve the application.

The board then voted unanimously to support the grant application, allowing board chairman Steve Moss to lend his signature.

Moss also said the school had already been vetted by the Department of Education, and that the board would have to vote again for the school to receive money the second year. aWe had to come before the board to get the board to sign off on the grant award.