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For years, the Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency has offered career classes to students across Kalamazoo County. But those classes were scattered in various buildings across the county. Some students would have to travel up to an hour. Next year, those challenges will be a thing of the past. Construction has finished on KRESA’s new…

A team of high school interns is on a treasure hunt for energy savings around the Wenatchee Valley in Washington State. So far, their work shows the potential to cut electricity use up to half at large facilities, including Wenatchee High School in Wenatchee, Wash, Chelan PUD said on May 16. The Advanced Energy Management…

More than a dozen school districts throughout Oregon asked voters this week for their financial support to refurbish aging school buildings and shore up declining operations budgets. For the most part, Oregonians delivered. But in some districts, finding the support and votes to pass a bond or levy continues to be out of reach. The…

As part of an effort to increase access to parks for Tacoma residents, two elementary schools in Tacoma saw new schoolyards open on May 19. The new schoolyards at Whitman and Mann elementary schools will be accessible to students during the school day and open to the public as a park after school hours and…

Voters appeared to have approved Portland Public Schools’ proposed $1.83 billion bond to rebuild or modernize three high schools and carry out seismic retrofits and other upgrades at its aging middle and elementary schools. In partial returns tallied at around midnight, the bond was passing 58% to 42%, a margin that had improved as the…

The Fort Worth Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 8-0 with no discussion or comments, to approve a plan developed by district administrators to close 18 campuses, mostly elementary schools, over the next five years. Parents from Briscoe and De Zavala elementary schools packed the board room Tuesday night, many took a back seat…

Atlanta Public Schools wants to make schools more modernized and safer for students, staff and community. The district has started to outline a “Comprehensive Long-Range Facilities Plan,” for the next 10 to 15 years. The goal is student success, from facility use, to safety and possibly rezoning some school facilities. National school research company HPM…

Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent Elizabeth Blanco issued an update Sunday, addressing mounting community concerns about contaminated soil at nearly half the district’s schools following the release of Eaton Fire soil testing results last week. The detailed email communication aimed to reassure parents and community members about safety protocols as the district works to address…

The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that Indianapolis Public Schools can sell one former school building to a nonprofit — but must make another building available to charter schools for $1 under state law. The decision, issued Friday, is the latest development in a years-long legal battle between Attorney General Todd Rokita and IPS over…

On May 9th, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Expanding Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Program-State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grant Program (SFIG) Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) published in the Federal Register. The Department plans to award an estimated $10,000,000 for new SFIG grants this fiscal year. The deadline for submission…