WEST BLOOMFIELD — The West Bloomfield School District was among 39 districts to receive a grant aimed at improving literacy rates in reading programs across the state.

WBSD was awarded $187,000 in September by the Michigan Department of Education. This could be the first of three annual installments totaling $500,000 each.

The state designated $10 million for the overall grant program that will be dispersed over three years. There were 115 school districts that applied in the first round, which were whittled down to 39 finalists.

The applications were reviewed by Michigan’s Committee for Literacy Achievement, which consisted of educators, administrators, literacy specialists and more.

“It will take both innovation and research-based literacy instruction to improve our children’s readin

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