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Governor Ned Lamont, Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, and Department of Administrative Services (DAS) Commissioner Michelle Gilman today announced the launch of a new, interactive data visualization dashboard showcasing the State of Connecticut’s School Construction Grant Program.  The dashboard, hosted on the state’s open data portal, provides an accessible, transparent view of school construction projects across…

Following a win in Arizona by low-income school districts over built-in state disparities in facilities funding, plaintiffs have sued California over something similar. A group of students, parents and advocacy organizations are contending the state’s reliance on local bond financing to meet the bulk of school facilities’ capital needs systematically widens the gap between have…

In 2022, Township High School District 214 ordered a comprehensive facility condition assessment to identify needs in its six high schools and specialized schools. Officials said the results indicate around $850 million is required to fix up the buildings over a number of years. Critical infrastructure repairs, accessibility improvements, and modernization of learning environments to…

Community members peppered their Montclair school officials with questions Thursday night on construction projects that voters approved three years ago in a $187.7 million bond referendum. Figures the district’s architect of record presented show the district has bid out about $77.63 million worth of its projects comprising about 41% of the total budget. Conor O’Brien,…

Murfreesboro City Schools is anticipating a kindergarten boom next year, and they might need a new school to keep up with the anticipated growth. This year, the district enrolled about 9,000 students, which is a 360 student decrease from last year. The district’s smallest enrollment numbers are in August, September and May. They normally peak…

At an elementary school in southwest Boise, Idaho, in the fall of 2020, children in pre-K went to their recess on the playground, laughing and climbing ladders to reach the slide. One 3-year-old boy sat on the sidelines. The loose woodchips prevented the boy, who uses a wheelchair, from joining his classmates. There were no…

At an elementary school in southwest Boise, Idaho, in the fall of 2020, children in pre-K went to their recess on the playground, laughing and climbing ladders to reach the slide. One 3-year-old boy sat on the sidelines. The loose woodchips prevented the boy, who uses a wheelchair, from joining his classmates. There were no…

A dire warning in Montgomery County about the state of public school buildings as the superintendent says the district is running out of money. FOX 5's Maureen Umeh was at Magruder High School. It's one of the campuses that has been in need of repair for decades now, and those repairs may not come even…

Margate Middle School has once again found itself in the center of Broward County’s ongoing facilities crisis. The latest Facility Condition Assessment (FCA), presented to the School Board ahead of the October 21, 2025 workshop, estimates $50.5 million in repair and replacement needs at the school, making it one of the costliest middle school sites…

Should Berkshire Hills Regional School District taxpayers spend $89 million on a brand new building for Monument Mountain Regional High School or put that money toward repairing the current one? That’s the question voters in Great Barrington, Stockbridge and West Stockbridge will answer Nov. 4 when they decide whether to allow the district to borrow…