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Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a decision in his last year as governor similar to one former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger faced in his first year two decades ago: How to deal with a lawsuit demanding that the state fix unhealthy and inadequate school facilities? In 2004, Schwarzenegger, a political novice, moved quickly and, within a half…

The Hawaiʻi School Facilities Authority is rolling out a new digital planning platform built with San Francisco-based firm MKThink, an "Akamai" configurator that state leaders say could shave months off design schedules and help trim construction costs, as per Honolulu Star-Advertiser. State leaders are not sugarcoating the backlog. Roughly 1,800 portable classrooms are still in…

When students at Chief Tahgee Elementary Academy returned from winter break this week, they walked into something they had never experienced before: a permanent school building designed especially for them, next door to ShoBan High School. For the first time since the school opened in 2013, students are learning in a purpose-built facility with a…

The Westfield Washington Schools Board of School Trustees and the Westfield City Council met to discuss how the fast-growing community can better align residential development, infrastructure planning, and long-term school facility needs. The working session, held at Westfield High School, underscored a shared emphasis on collaboration as Westfield continues to add residents. Officials focused on…

On Monday night, Inlet View Elementary School Principal Arthur Sosa tended to the last few small details before his school opened to students for the first time Tuesday. Boxes were strewn along hallways as teachers put together their classrooms and construction workers milled about, adding finishing touches to the inside of the school. Sosa and…

A charter school serving students from Woonsocket, Burrillville and North Smithfield has been approved for $15 million in state funding toward construction a new high school, one of 55 school projects green-lighted statewide, according to an announcement this week by the Rhode Island Council on Elementary and Secondary Education. RISE Prep Academies will fund 65…

The Buffalo Public School District has changed course and will no longer close D'Youville Porter Campus School PS 3 and Early Childhood Center PS 90. Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent Pascal Mubenga and Board of Education President Dr. Kathy Evans-Brown issued a joint statement, which said in part: "We have decided not to close any Buffalo…

Redwood City School District is supercharging its commitment to renewable energy as construction begins on solar canopies at seven additional campuses this month. Groundbreaking began Monday at Henry Ford Elementary School and Taft Community School, with Kennedy Middle School following suit on Jan. 14. Other campuses will begin solar work in the spring and continue…

As MSAD 33 officials plan the rebuilding of a Frenchville elementary school, the district could also join with another St. John Valley school system. The MSAD 33 and Madawaska school boards will meet Jan. 26 to discuss the new Dr. Levesque Elementary School project, which the Maine Department of Education approved in November.  The Department…

The North Attleborough Public Schools has identified 11 top-priority capital improvement projects it looks to submit to the town for fiscal year 2027 funding.  Administrators warn that aging elementary school buildings and equipment are past the point of repairs and in need of full replacement. The draft, presented in November to the School Committee by…