SPRAGUE — The School District will receive $5 million to upgrade aging systems.

The funds will come from the state biennial capital budget.

The grant funds are earmarked for repairing the roof as well as the heating, ventilation and air conditions systems at Sprague High School.

“We received legislative approval for a $5 million grant,” Superintendent-Principal Ray Leaver said last week, noting the grant request itself was written by the previous superintendent.

“We are waiting for the governor to sign it and we should be receiving access to it sometime in July,” he said.

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