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Various USD 250 programs received funding through the Pritchett Trust this year, and those awards were distributed during an awards ceremony earlier this month.
Elm Acres Youth and Family Services: $2,540 -- Funding for the Elm Acres "Meal Time" project, to replace the existing worn tables and chairs at Elm Acres girls residential house.
Meadowlark Elementary School: $656 -- To purchase specialized music therapy instruments.
Pittsburg High School Performing Arts: $2,185 -- To purchase choral microphones for the auditorium and two suspended choral microphones.
Pittsburg High School Instrumental Music: $30,000 -- To purchase new sousaphones, a new concert tuba, new keyboard percussion instruments and new string instruments and bows.
Pittsburg High School: $50,000 -- This is the second installment of a $100,000 grant in support of the PHS soccer field and track project.
Brett Dalton
POSITION: USD 250 Public Information Director (July 2010-present)
PSU graduate, with a degree in Communication
Four years as a newspaper reporter in Fort Scott, Lee's Summit, Mo., and Pittsburg
