Point Pleasant Schools Receive $144K From State To Help With Security Cameras

Grants totaling $144,412 have been awarded to the Point Pleasant School District to help it install security cameras, the state Schools Development Authority announced Friday.

The grants, through the SDA’s Regular Operating District grant program, will help the district install security cameras at all four schools -- Point Pleasant High School, Memorial Middle School, Nellie Bennett Elementary School and Ocean Road Elementary School, according to a news release from the SDA.

The security camera projects have a total estimated cost of $361,031; the grant funding means the district is paying $216,619 of its own funds, the release states.

In May 2013, Gov. Chris Christie announced the largest single grant offering in the program’s history, making approximately half a billion dollars in funding available for projects throughout the state’s 559 regular operating districts and 21 county vocational technical school districts across New Jersey. The Department of Education, who determines the selection of school projects to receive grant funds, has approved more than 1,600 ROD Grant projects in 335 school districts throughout the state for this allocation. Between state and local contributions, the total project costs of the eligible projects are estimated to exceed $1.2 billion, representing significant benefit not only to the children served by the state’s public schools but also to the economy and construction industry as this important work advances.

The state-grant program funds at least 40 percent of eligible costs for projects in the RODs, addressing health and safety issues and other critical needs.

School Name......................Total Project Cost Estimate..................State Share................Local Share

Point Pleasant High School.....................$155,193......................................$62,077....................... $93,116

Memorial Middle School......................... $105,392..................................... $42,157........................$63,235

Ocean Road Elementary School.............. $51,156...................................... $20,462....................... $30,694

Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School....... $49,290...................................... $19,716....................... $29,574

Totals..................................................... $361,031................................. $144,412................... $216,619