 The district received an extra $4,500,992 in ARRA - Federal Stimulus money to be used in specific programs like special education and meeting the academic needs of low-income students.The funding was limited to the 2009–10 and 2010-2011 school years.Due to the temporary nature of the funding, schools were repeatedly advised to use the funds for one-time expenditures like acquiring equipment, making repairs to buildings, training teachers to provide more effective instruction or purchasing books and software.