The Fond du Lac, Wis., school district is the recipient of a federal grant to start and support a charter school, which it is operating in partnership with Mercury Marine.
Fond du Lac received a $200,000 planning award grant to fund the Fond du Lac Stem Academy, a charter school for students in grades 3 to 5. The school would operate in partnership with Mercury and emphasize science, technology, engineering and math, according to the Fond du Lac Reporter newspaper.
Forty-five charter schools are getting grants statewide.
