In its 2010 application for School Improvement Grants, the Pennsylvania Department of Education identified Cornell Senior High School as a candidate for turnaround intervention. The school district applied for funding under the program. Nineteen Pennsylvania school districts and five charters statewide applied for the money. Schools accepting it must agree to adopt federal government-specified "interventions" that would lead to staffing changes and other shifts in how they operate. The School Improvement Grant program began in 2002. In 2010 there is the one-time addition of almost $3 billion in stimulus funding. The district received $3,360,000 to transform the high school. The school was required to notify parents of its intention to implement the changes required by the grant. Parents notice [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_122949_879053_0_0_18/SI_Components_Stat_Req0609w%20SWP1.pdf]