District lists grants for Afghan and Ukrainian students, internships and summer supports

Dr. Sean McNeil told the board on April 23 that the education section included six grant awards and a slate of consulting and contracted-service items. Grants listed included funding for summer programming and parent/digital-literacy workshops for Afghan students (item 5.01); support for a social-worker intern at Pittsburgh Manchester (5.02); summer career development and paid internships for up to 30 students (5.03); a Sandy Hook Promise grant for Pittsburgh King (5.04); and a literacy grant to support economically disadvantaged early learners (5.05). McNeil also listed a grant to support similar programming for Ukrainian students (5.06).

McNeil then read a long inventory of consultant and contracted-service items (6.01–6.19 and related entries) that cover compensatory education and ESY services at Allegheny County Jail and Schuman/Schuman Detention Center, staffing contracts, arts residencies, Carnegie Science Center summer camps, zoo mobile outreach, National Aviary outreach, psychological and counseling services, and paraprofessional training. Payments and authorization items included field trips, commencement purchases and donations.

Those items were presented as part of the consent/agenda review; no substantive debate or formal votes on these individual grants and routine contracts were recorded in the meeting transcript excerpt provided.