State Representative Morgan Cephas announced Tuesday she helped secure the funding for Overbrook High School.
The $500,000 in funds will be used to make security upgrades and improve communications technology.
Four students were shot the day before Thanksgiving just a block away from the school.
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The shots were fired just as school was dismissing early.
All four students who were shot are expected to recover.
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