School receives $4 million state grant for renovations
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December 27, 2022

School receives $4 million state grant for renovations

By Mon Valley Independent

By JEFF STITT

jstitt@yourmvi.com

Christmas came a bit early for Steel Center for Career and Technical Education, according to Executive Director Kevin Rice. On Thursday, Rice formally  announced that Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration had awarded a $4 million grant to be used toward the $29 million renovation project at the career and technical school in West Jefferson Hills.

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