the classroom for the future state program provided districts with hundreds of thousands of extra state funding to buy laptop computers for each core curriculum high school class (english, science, history, math), along with other specialized equipment and provided funding for teacher training to optimize the use of the computers. the program was funded from 2006 to 2009. newport school district was not approved for funding in 2006-07. the newport school district received $152,561 in 2007-2008 and was given $45,413 for the 2008-2009 school year. among the public school districts in perry county, west perry school district received the highest grant $361,599.