Ritzville school receives $80,000 in grants

RITZVILLE – Superintendent Don Vanderholm recognized administrators and staff members for their success in applying for grants at the Feb. 24 school board meeting.

“In the last 30 days, we’ve brought in over $80,000 worth of grants,” Vanderholm said.

A $4,000 Waste Not Washington grant was received by Lind for a “Farm to School Compost” project, and Ritzville received a $4,000 “Renewable Food Service Kitchen Updates” grant.

The high school received a $60,000 grant from College in the High School to support the middle school to high school “pipeline” with Career and Technical Education dual cre...