(File Photo: Source Photo: Norfolk Southern Railroad ceo Alan Shaw speaks during an interview Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Midland, PA) According to a release on Thursday from Terrence Smith, the CEO of The Midland Innovation and Technology Charter School, it was announced that the Midland school received a grant of $20,000 from Norfolk Southern Corporation. Smith notes that the money will go to a new welding lab that will help students to use hands-on learning for the technical education path of courses that the school provides Smith also states that the grant comes along with two Norfolk Southern initiatives started last year to encourage community needs and safe living. These programs are the Safety First Grant Program and the Thriving Communities Grant Program.