Right before we closed our office for Easter, we received a grant notification from the US Department of Education that we have been awarded $9.6 million to expand and replicate our model in Indiana and Louisiana. Wow! That's a whole lot of Easter eggs.
This was a competitive grant application and we earned 361 points out of 363 possible on our score. This grant is a five-year grant and will assist GEO in expanding enrollment in Gary, Indy and Baton Rouge by 1,600 students and provide startup support for us to open three new schools in Indiana and Louisiana (locations to be determined) to serve another 1250 students.