HINESVILLE, Ga. (WJCL) The Liberty County School System (LCSS) announced Friday that it will soon be receiving over a quarter million dollars in grant funding for the current school year with more money to come.

The school system learned on Aug. 21 that its Math and Science Partnership (MSP) Program proposal had been approved by the Georgia Department of Education and with it two years of grant funding to help bring the program and a direct connection with Georgia Southern University (GSU) to life.

For the currentschool year, Liberty County will receive $283,945.00.Funding for the 2015 to 2016 school year will be announced next summer.

Liberty Countys proposal is called Project RAMP (Raising Academic Measures of Progress). Officials said the goal ofProject RAMP is tounite the staff of the Liberty County School System with the Science/Mathematics Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education at GSU. The goal of Project RAMP is to increase teachers content knowledge and confidence and raise student achievement in the process.

The grant focuses on providing high-quality, on-going professional learning for teachers of mathematics and the sciences in our middle and high schools. Officials will offer training during monthly collaboration meetings, quarterly Saturday workshops, and a week-long summer academy. Training will be conducted in collaboration with Georgia Southern Universitys team. Liberty Countys math and science specialists will train alongside professors from GSU.

Specialists from Apple Corporation will also be providing content training by assisting teachers in taking full advantage of the cutting edge technology offered to LCSS students through the Liberty Learning Experience. This year, each middle and high school student will have an iPad issued by the system for classroom and home use while each teacher will have an

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Liberty County schools to receive over $280k in grant funding