Lind, Ritzville Schools purchase new books through Refreshing School Libraries grant

The Lind and Ritzville Cooperative School Districts have new nonfiction reading materials for students to check out from their respective libraries.

The Lind Elementary School, as well as the Lind-Ritzville Middle School and High School libraries each received a $2,000 Refreshing School Libraries grants from the Washington State Library under the Office of the Secretary of State, totaling $6,000.

According to the Washington State Library’s website, the grant program was launched with the purpose of helping schools increase the number of books in their nonfiction sections as a way to support Co...