New Bloomfield school computers upgraded

The New Bloomfield R-3 School District has received a major upgrade in its computer hardware.

Superintendent David Tramel told the Board of Education Thursday the school applied for and received a grant from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide 25 new computers for the high school computer laboratory.

In addition, Tramel said Ameren Missouri has donated 50 relatively new computers to the school district at no cost.