ST. GEORGE — St. George Municipal School Unit was recently selected as one of 64 quarterfinalists for the Yass Prize. This is a national competition with a mission “to identify and support more best-in-class education providers who can tackle the big education challenges of the day and deliver an education for students that is Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding and Permissionless.” As a quarterfinalist, St. George MSU receives $100,000; semifinalists receive $200,000 and the grand prize is $1,000,000.
St. George MSU was chosen from nearly 2,000 applications, representing 27 million students from every sector in education and every grade in the PreK-12 continuum across all 50 states. The small, rural school district was competing with charter schools, private schools, education technology companies, national school networks, and educator recruitment programs. St. George…
