A $20,000 grant from state organizations associated with Gov. Nathan Deal and his wife will allow the Bulloch County Schools, also assisted by local donors, to convert a school bus into a book mobile for children. Dr. Yvette Ledford, one of the school system's four academic support directors and director of its prekindergarten program, wrote the successful grant proposal for the "Get on the Bus" initiative. Deal on Jan. 22 announced the 48 recipients of this year's Early Language and Literacy Mini-Grant from the Governor's Office of Student Achievement and the Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy. Bulloch County's award was the maximum amount. "We are very excited about this grant," Ledford said in the Bulloch County Schools news release. "Our first steps will be to complete the exterior and interior design of the bus, stock it with a variety of quality books, and plan a schedule of upcoming events."