Overbrook High School gets $500,000 for safety improvements

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Half-a-million dollars in Pennsylvania state funding has been set aside for safety improvements at a Philadelphia school.

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.

Four Overbrook High School students were shot late Wednesday morning right as the school was dismissing early, according to police.

The shots were fired just as school was dismissing early.

All four students who were shot are expected to recover.

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