Dec. 12, 2007
City Reformed · Community · Culture · Pittsburgh · Urban Missions
Pittsburgh Schools Grant Scholarship to Graduating Seniors
The Pittsburgh Public School District is developing a massive scholarship program for all their High School graduates. The plan would give each student $5,000 each year toward college, until 2010 when that sum could be raised to $10,000 a year if students passed the state graduation test.
The catch is that you have to be in school 90% of the days (days missed are counted from unexcused absences, and suspensions) and you need to be in the district for all 4 years of High School. The schools that are acceptable are all state schools and most colleges and trade school in Allegheny county. For frame of reference Pitt costs about $13,000 a year for students in Pennsylvania.
The really cool part is that even if your are on a full scholarship you can still be eligible for up to $1,000 a year.
It seems like a pretty sweet deal. Lets see if its around in 2020 when my kids are in school.
2020-2008 = 12. Either 1) you have a 6 year old kid you are hiding in the basement, 2) you plan on adopting a 6 year old kid in the near future, 3) your dog will be applying for a college scholarship and presumably has been attending school 90% of the time, or 4) you expect to soon have a baby who will be a genius and finish high school by age 12.
Would you guys like to let us in on any “news”?
Posted by Jay on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007.I didn’t say that my kids would be graduating in 2020, I said they would be in school.
Posted by Sam on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007.