When Capital South Campus Center was completed in August 2014, unfinished space was reserved while the partner organizations
pursued additional grant funding to combine and address additional, urgent community needs with the project.
An important point to recognize from the Florida and Wisconsin studies is that, even among students who
received additional grant funds, college completion rates remained low.
Ronan has been able to enlist allies among everyone from outside donors — she's brought at least $ 30 million
in additional grant funding to the district, according to Janet Walsh, a spokeswoman for the district — to classroom teachers.
These states will now leverage
the additional grant funding to execute the career readiness plans they developed during phase one of the initiative.