Knox County Schools Gets Gates Foundation Grant

WUOT | By Chrissy Keuper

Published July 9, 2013 at 6:47 AM EDT

Knox County Schools is one of four school districts in the US to receive a new grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Schools Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre says the district will get a $1.2 million Smart Spending grant: $850,000 from the foundation and the rest from a local match.

The Knox County Board of Education must first accept the grant and then work out how to fulfill the work plan connected to the grant, including a review to see what programs are working or need improvement.

Chrissy Keuper

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.

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