Schools on or near reservations receive federal stimulus money

U.S. Sens. Jon Tester and Max Baucus said in a news release Thursday that some Montana elementary and high schools will receive nearly $1.6 million in new funding from the federal stimulus bill.
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The funds, which are divided between 28 schools on or near Montana's Indian reservations, will be used to repair and modernize the facilities.

The $1.6 million is in addition to the nearly $1 billion Montana is receiving from the jobs bill designed to create jobs and rebuild infrastructure.

"Rebuilding our schools to improve education is a good way to boost our economy," Baucus said. "These dollars will create good-paying jobs and they will result in projects that will increase prosperity for generations."

"The money will address well-documented, long-standing school construction backlogs on Montana reservations," Tester said.

Schools receiving funding include:

• Box Elder Elementary, $86,068
• Box Elder High, $25,819
• Browning Elementary, $304,110
• Browning High, $132, 257
• Dupuyer Elementary, $2,296
• Frazer Elementary, $17,786
• Frazer High, $10,614
• Harlem Elementary, $78,895
• Harlem High, $34,426
• Hays-Lodge Pole Schools, $63,979
• Heart Butte Schools, $42,173
• Lodge Grass Elementary, $63,690;
• Lodge Grass High, $39,303
• Poplar Elementary, $132,832
• Poplar High, $46,764;
• Rocky Boy Elementary, $104,143
• Rocky Boy High, $43,608
• Wolf Point Elementary, $18,647.