The department received 366 applications requesting more than $46 million in security enhancements. “That’s the kind of money that we do not have in our budget, and these are the kinds of things that we need to do,” said Julie DeGrez, principal of St. Germaine Catholic School. She appreciated the fact that nonpublic schools were allowed to apply for the grant as well, because many grant opportunities are only open to public schools. At St. Germaine, the money will pay to replace four sets of outside doors, upgrades to classroom door handle locks and for safety bollards to separate the parking lot from the school building. “All of our doors are locked all the time, but if they don’t fall shut properly and don’t lock, then it defeats the purpose,” DeGrez said. “We’ve been fixing it the best we can to keep it safe.”