Facilities in the News

Down a narrow staircase at Presque Isle High School, a cast iron steam boiler towers over visitors in the same place it has sat for the last six decades. Eleven presidents and tens of thousands of students ago, the boiler — and the high school — were new. They’re not anymore. But replacing the boiler…

Three tornado-damaged schools in the St. Louis Public Schools district will reopen in January. The Board of Education voted unanimously to reopen Washington Montessori Elementary, Yeatman-Liddell Middle and Beaumont High schools. Beaumont is home to some of the district’s career and technical programs. The schools are set to reopen by Jan. 5. The board also…

Constructed nearly seven decades ago in 1958, O’Fallon Township High School’s Smiley Campus is experiencing growing pains that district leadership say demand action. The school community gathered Monday evening at the Smiley Campus, which houses grades 10-12. The newer Milburn Campus hosts only freshmen. Superintendent Beth Shackelford presented key concerns and potential solutions, all of…

Spring ISD’s Board of Trustees approved the closure of two schools Tuesday as part of the district’s broader “optimization plan” following a $13 million deficit. According to the district, Link Elementary and Dueitt Middle School, both located north of Houston, will be closed for the 2026-27 school year. The decision is part of the “District…

Four separate elementary schools in Martinsville, all built before the 1960s, will soon be closed for good as the school district consolidates into a single, new elementary school building. The Metropolitan School District of Martinsville Board of Trustees will soon approve the consolidation plans which will shutter Centerton Elementary, Green Township Elementary, Poston Road Elementary…

Eureka City Schools has successfully refinanced $8.6 million in general obligation bonds, resulting in over $1.5 million in savings for district property owners. According to the district, they took advantage of favorable interest rates to refinance a portion of its Election of 2014, Series 2015 Bonds. Initially approved by more than 57% of district voters…

During a brisk November recess, four giggling fourth graders sat atop a slide embedded in a shrub-covered hillside. They inched down as one, arms and legs intertwined, to elude monsters lurking among the nearby boulders. “There’s the monster!” said Monroe Forgues, pointing at a stand of tall native grasses. The girls shrieked. “Oh no! I’m…

Students, parents and teachers urged officials at the Howard County Board of Education to revive plans for renovations at a high school. The group gathered Thursday night to vouch for Oakland Mills High School, even though the proposal was not formally on the meeting agenda. Still, several community members planned to speak during the public…