6 metro area school districts get Blank Foundation grants to fund youth sports

Key Highlights

• “We are proud to partner with these six school districts to remove barriers of entry to sports and enhance the sports experience for their students.
• We anticipate this funding will impact more than 7,500 athletes at the middle and high school level across Metro Atlanta.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe following school districts will receive grant funding, meant to “address specific needs” in each county:Clayton County Public Schools to create the district’s first coaching development program in partnership with A Better Way Athletics for its 27 middle and high schools. DeKalb County Public Schools to establish girls flag football programs at 18 middle schools and alleviate the cost to participate in middle school girls flag football. Fulton County Public Schools to alleviate the cost to participate – including transportation costs – in high school boys and girls soccer, golf, tennis and wrestling; provide high-quality performance equipment for athletes in these sports. Griffin-Spalding Public Schools to establish boys and girls soccer programs at all four middle schools; launch girls flag football programs at the middle school level; alleviate the cost to participate in middle school boys and girls soccer and girls flag football, and improve the quality of athletic fields utilized by its four middle schools. Gwinnett County Public Schools to establish girls flag football programs at 14 middle schools beginning in 2026; alleviate the cost to participate in boys and girls soccer at the middle school level, and install field lighting to improve safety and enhance scheduling capabilities at six athletic fields across the school district. Rockdale County Public Schools to alleviate the cost to participate – including transportation costs – in boys and girls soccer, girls flag football, tackle football and volleyball at the middle school level, and in boys and girls golf, swimming, tennis and wrestling at the high school level; improve field conditions and play-space access at four middle schools, and provide high-quality performance equipment at the middle and high school level for athletes in these sports.[SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter].