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The Foundation for Edmonds School District has received a $5,000 grant from Seattle-based Glaser Foundation to expand career and college readiness programs serving an estimated 3,100 low-income students at seven high schools.

The grant is designed to bolster funding for programs designed to help students graduate on time and overcome barriers to career and educational opportunities after high school. These include:

– stipends to pay for college entrance and world language proficiency exams, College in the High School credits, and summer school credit retrieval;

– career-connected lea...