Oregon
Oregon Public Broadcasting - July 4, 2025
With summer officially underway, students are out of the classroom and construction crews are in. The race is on to renovate buildings, improve security systems and upgrade student and community spaces before kids return to class later this summer. The vast majority of construction projects taking place at districts throughout Oregon are fueled by voter-approved…
New York
Long Island Business News - July 3, 2025
In the summer months, schools across Long Island bid farewell to their students until September and teachers, administrators and other school staff are afforded a much-needed break from the pace and rigors of the school year. However, there is no summer break for architecture, engineering and construction firms as they gear up for a season…
Ohio
Spectrum News 1 - July 3, 2025
As aging school buildings across Ohio continue to struggle with infrastructure demands and modern educational needs, Columbus City Schools—the state’s largest district—is making investments to transform outdated classrooms into safe, technology-equipped learning environments. Devonshire Elementary is among 65 Columbus City Schools undergoing major renovations this summer as part of the district-wide modernization initiative. For Richelle…
Texas
12 News Now - July 3, 2025
Orangefield ISD is moving forward with major campus improvements across its high school, middle school and elementary facilities as part of a $40 million bond approved by voters in 2023. The district plans to transition students from portable buildings to new brick and mortar classrooms, along with constructing a new library and cafeteria. The improvements…
Hawaii
Honolulu Civil Beat - July 3, 2025
At Kealakehe Elementary School on the Big Island, functioning bathrooms are hard to find. Students travel across campus to reach working toilets — sometimes resulting in embarrassing accidents — and poor plumbing has led to sewage leaking through classroom ceilings, according to more than a dozen pages of testimony from parents and teachers at a…
Iowa
Storm Lake Radio - July 3, 2025
The Iowa Department of Education today awarded over $2 million in competitive grants to eight school districts to establish therapeutic classrooms for learners whose emotional or behavioral needs impact their ability to be successful in their learning environment. Two area schools will receive grants: Cherokee Community School District and Spencer Community School District. According to…
Maryland
Herald-Mail Media - July 3, 2025
More than $10 million in summer construction projects are underway across Washington County Public Schools — ranging from major building system replacements to fire alarm upgrades and new playground equipment. The 14 projects are expected to cost $13,389,827, even as more than half of WCPS’s school buildings constructed in the 1970s or earlier have never…
Texas
Fort Worth Report - July 3, 2025
The dirt was soft in Kimberly Fermin’s hands. Shouting for attention, the third grader scooped it haphazardly, packing it around a pink flower under the watch of her teacher, Jennifer Egan. “LOOK! LOOK!” the little girl exclaimed. “It smells good!” On a spring afternoon at Trinity Basin Preparatory’s Pafford campus, special education students took part…
Alabama
FOX54 - July 2, 2025
Change is already visible at the corner of Memorial Parkway and Max Luther Drive, where the Huntsville Center for Technology and the new central office are now up and running. It's one of several milestones as Huntsville City Schools enters year one of its 10-year, $600 million capital plan. "It's very exciting across the city…
California
Palisades News - June 30, 2025
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education approved a $604 million plan Tuesday to rebuild Marquez Charter Elementary School, Palisades Charter Elementary School, and Palisades Charter High School, all heavily damaged by the January 2025 Palisades Fire. The reconstruction, set to conclude by the end of 2028, aims to restore facilities for…