GE Fund donates $1 million to Atlanta high school

ATLANTA - An Atlanta high school received a one million dollar grant from the GE Fund in hopes of increasing the number of students it sends to college. <br> <br> The grant to Southside High School matches the largest in the fund&#39;s history. It&#39;s also the largest ever made to the Atlanta Public Schools system. <br> <br> Just 35 percent of Southside&#39;s seniors this year plan to attend two- or four-year colleges and universities. School officials hope the grant will double that percentage by 2007. <br> <br> The money will go to SAT-preparation and tutorial programs. It also will set up a curriculum-development program for teachers to cover the gap between middle school and high school.