Gov. Mike DeWine has awarded another $42 million to support building safety and security upgrades at hundreds of Ohio schools, including the dozens of districts in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties.

The money is going toward new security cameras, public address systems, automatic door locks, visitor badging systems and exterior lighting.

A total of 624 schools will receive funding as part of the fifth round of Ohio’s K-12 School Safety Grant Program. This new round of funding, however, brings the total number of schools served by this program to 2,789 and the total amount of funding awarded to more than $215 million.

“Our educators care deeply about the safety of Ohio students, as evidenced by the thousands of schools that came forward with solid security improvement plans that they intend to carry out with this funding,” DeWine said.

“There is nothing more important than the safety of our kids, and with today’s announcement, every qualifying school that applied for a grant has received at least one award, including schools in all 88 counties,” he said.

DeWine partnered with the Ohio General Assembly to launch the K-12 School Safety Grant Program in 2021. The program was created to help schools pay for physical security expenses.

The Ohio Facilities Construction Commission administered the program in partnership with the Ohio School Safety Center. The program was funded through Ohio’s operating budget and with allocations from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Here is a breakdown of total awards — that is, for all five rounds of funding — to Valley school districts, according to DeWine’s office:

Mahoning County

Academy for Urban Scholars — $100,000

Akiva Academy — $100,000

Austintown — $400,000

Boardman — $553,314

Campbell — $224,534

Canfield — $400,000

Cardinal Mooney — $98,071

Eagle Elementary — $33,000

Holy Family — $71,000

Jackson-Milton — $200,000

Lowellville — $200,000

Mahoning County Career and Technical Center — $99,084

Mahoning County High School — $100,000

Poland — $350,000

River Gate — $25,500

Sebring Local — $130,840

South Range — $146,189

Southside Academy — $25,500

Springfield Local — $250,201

St. Christine — $100,000

St. Joseph the Provider — $100,000

St. Nicholas, Struthers — $100,000

Struthers — $300,000

The Montessori School Mahoning Valley — $100,000

Ursuline — $100,000

Valley Christian School — $100,000

Valley STEM+ME2 Academy — $48,792

West Branch — $353,920

Western Reserve — $154,587

Youngstown — $1.4 million

Trumbull County

Bloomfield-Mespo — $100,000

Bristol — $62,500

Brookfield — $221,466

Girard — $400,000

Hubbard — $299,999

John F Kennedy Catholic Upper Campus — $46,000

John F. Kennedy Catholic Lower Campus — $70,000

LaBrae — $15,258

Lakeview — $46,700

Liberty — $300,000

Lordstown– $100,000

Maplewood — $189,813

Mathews — $378,500

McDonald — $100,884

Newton Falls — $400,000

Niles — $270,000

Southington — $100,000

Trumbull Career & Technical Center — $86,000

Victory Christian — $100,000

Warren — $493,064

Columbiana County

Beaver Local — $100,000

Columbiana County ESC — $40,246

Columbiana — $150,000

Crestview — $299,998

East Palestine — $273,426

Southern Local — $200,000

Utica Shale Academy of Ohio — $98,830

Wellsville — $200,000

Salem — $500,000

East Liverpool — $600,000

Lisbon — $145,482