Silver Lake Regional School District

Silver Lake Regional School District, doing business as Dennett Elementary School, is a U.S. local government school district in Kingston, Massachusetts, that receives federal grants as a prime recipient and sub-recipient from the U.S. Department of Education and related agencies. The district operates exclusively in the federal grant space — no contracts, no IDVs — with a 56% prime grant footprint and 44% sub-recipient awards flowing through the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The district's federal footprint concentrates almost entirely within the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for 26 of 32 total awards (100% coverage across the top five customer agencies). This includes five consecutive years of Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants awarded on July 1 each fiscal year, with awards on file from 2022 through 2026 and ultimate completion dates running through September 2027. Recent sub-recipient awards flow through Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as the pass-through entity, including Title I Part A Basic Grants to LEAs, Supporting Effective Instruction, Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants, Title I Perkins V career and technical education funding, Child Nutrition Program consolidated block funds, and state grant funds. The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, and the Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education account for the remaining four awards in aggregate.

Activity has accelerated in the past two years — one award per year in 2022–2024 compared to eight awards in both 2025 and 2026 — reflecting the district's expanded engagement with state pass-through mechanisms and federal supplemental funding streams. Combined dollars obligated across all awards (prime and sub) total $1.4 million. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The district's federal grant work centers on K–12 instructional support, professional development, student enrichment, career and technical education, special education services, and child nutrition, delivered through Dennett Elementary School and coordinated through Silver Lake Regional School District's administrative structure in Kingston.