Alameda County Schools to Receive $8.2 Million Teacher Incentive Fund Grant
For immediate Release
Contact: Nicole Y. Williams
(202) 225- 2661
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) announced today that the Reach Teacher Incentive Fund Consortium (Reach Consortium), a network of independent charter schools located in Alameda County, California will receive $8.2 Million grant through the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF). The Consortium is led by Arise High School, an independent charter school as well as the lead Local Education Agency, the lead fiscal and legal agent; and by the Reach Institute for School Leadership, a public benefit not-for-profit and the lead program agency.
The consortium includes three high schools and one K-8 school, serving approximately 1,000 students in total. The consortium schools employ 50 teachers, 17 principals, assistant principals, and other instructional leaders (department chairs, coaches, etc.), as well as 27 additional eligible support staff.
“The greatest investment we can make is in the education of our young people,” said Congresswoman Barbara Lee. “I will continue to fight to secure additional funding to address the critical educational needs of our young people.”
“We appreciate this investment in the education of the children of Oakland,” said Tony Smith, Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District. “We will continue to work in partnership with these schools to develop best practices to serve all of our young people.
Participating Schools include:
- Arise High Schools (Oakland USD)
- Bay Area School of Enterprise (Alameda USD)
- Lighthouse Community Charter (K-8) (Oakland USD)
- Lighthouse Community Charter (9-12) (Oakland USD)
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