The Indianola School District received nearly $1.2 million in federal funds for Coronavirus relief, and will be using the funds to reimburse the district for extra technology expenses during the pandemic. Superintendent Art Sathoff tells KNIA News the funds will be a welcome relief for the district, after purchasing equipment to help facilitate the online learning.

“We did go and purchase devices for K-5 students, roughly $500,000 of laptops. We hired additional staff, and there are all of those smaller additional expenses that we did accrue that are related to the virus, so these funds will help offset that.”

Sathoff also said the funds will be used to help offset the extra purchases in cleaning materials during the pandemic, and credits district staff in keeping schools as safe as possible.