All News

 With 60% of its $75 million solar energy system down, Mount Diablo Unified School District is left with questions about maintenance, repairs and financial losses. For years, the district has operated what it says is one of the nation’s largest solar energy systems for a kindergarten-12th grade school district. Installed in 2010 using bond money,…

A Vermont school has spent millions of dollars toward eliminating toxic PCB contamination, but the problem hasn’t gone away. The solution in Burlington was a new school building that opened this year and that may be an option for North Country Union High School, but the big question remains: Who would pay for it? School…

The Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) Board of Education met on August 25 with one item on the agenda. That one topic of discussion was the Resilient Schools Proposal. With declining enrollment for some years and more projected in the future, BVSD is looking to make changes. The board made no decisions at this meeting.…

Guam's public schools are facing an estimated $427 million in repairs and improvements, a backlog that lawmakers say underscores problems that go far beyond getting classrooms ready for another school year. The figure emerged during a legislative oversight hearing on the Guam Department of Education, where lawmakers pressed department officials on aging facilities, sanitation inspections,…

The New Haven Board of Alders is requesting citywide inspections of New Haven Public Schools after direct site visits and mounting reports of health and safety hazards, according to a letter sent out Friday. The board has submitted a formal request to the New Haven Health Department, Office of Emergency Management and New Haven Fire…

There's a high school in Boston that continues to struggle with renovations. A window project at English High School in Jamaica Plain was supposed to be finished in the fall of 2025. It dragged on into the school year. Now, as another school year is about to begin, the project still isn't done. Scaffolding and…

Within more than $313 million of statewide school debt that went up for sale Thursday, Rock Hill school officials have a plan they believe will save taxpayers money and improve aging facilities. The Rock Hill school board approved a plan Tuesday to borrow nearly $33 million as part of a South Carolina Association of Governmental…

City leaders say passing a 1% sales tax could be “transformational.” The first day of school brought the usual excitement for Richmond Public School students and families. But for school leadership, it underscored the long-standing challenges of maintaining an aging school division with a limited capital improvement budget. Across the city, children are learning in…

Durham Public Schools is set to discuss replacing boilers at three schools as aging systems become increasingly difficult to maintain. Hillandale Elementary School, Oak Grove Elementary School and Riverside High School all need new boilers, according to district information. The existing systems have deteriorated with age, and routine maintenance is no longer enough to keep…

More than 10,800 K-12 schools representing more than 7 million students across the United States now use solar energy, helping schools lower electricity costs, invest more resources in students and strengthen their communities, according to a new report from clean energy nonprofit Generation180. The sixth edition of “Brighter Future: The State of Solar & Battery…