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It’s the kind of news every parent dreads—an incident involving their children at school. On April 29, an EF-1 tornado touched down in Potosi and damaged the elementary school. Footage from the school shows the tornado’s quick impact, with winds over 100 miles per hour, which tore off a section of the roof and damaged…

Springfield Public Schools is at risk of losing more than $750,000 in state funding due to calling off class this spring after a severe storm caused widespread power outages to homes and school buildings. The April 30 closure caused the state's largest district to drop below 169 days of class for the 2024-25 year, the…

Seismic safety has gripped the Portland Public Schools Board for the past few weeks as parents have urged board members to develop a system to prioritize retrofits at some of the most high-risk schools. On May 6, the School Board approved a resolution to prioritize seismic upgrades for funding from the $1.83 billion bond now…

Like most centenarians, two public schools built more than 100 years ago in the small eastern Nevada community of Ely have seen better days. Although David E. Norman Elementary School (built in 1909) and White Pine School Middle School (1913) hold a special place in the hearts of the thousands of students who passed through…

The Fairfax County School Board is considering a series of changes that might help cut down costs and other hurdles for new school projects. During a work session on Tuesday (May 6), the school board and Fairfax County Public Schools staff discussed ways to reduce costs for new construction or share that burden with other…

Milwaukee will temporarily close two more elementary schools as it works to tackle a lead crisis in its public school buildings. The school district announced April 28 that Westside Academy and Brown Street School will close for repairs. Two other schools — Starms Early Childhood Education Center and LaFollette School — had already been closed.…

When the Chicago Board of Education made the decision to close 50 public schools in 2013, it set a goal to sell or tear down all the closed buildings by 2017. But today, 21 of the 50 abandoned buildings remain -- proverbial beached whales in the middle of often-struggling residential communities -- on Chicago’s West…

As the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) makes plans to close an unknown number of schools, people have questioned what shutting buildings could mean for surrounding neighborhoods. At a CMSD community meeting last month, parents, teachers and Cleveland residents weighed in. Some said having a school in their neighborhood makes it safer. Others said schools…

Merizo Martyrs Memorial School is the latest Guam Department of Education facility to successfully pass renewal sanitary inspection, placing the department 11 schools ahead of the inspection schedule. A release from GDOE reported that the Malesso' elementary school, was inspected on April 1, by the Department of Public Health and Social Services Division of Environmental…

Frederick County plans to fully or partially fund several school renovation and construction projects to address overcrowding and aging infrastructure, without raising taxes for residents. Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater announced over half of the county’s $1 billion budget would go to fund the Frederick County Public School System (FCPS) in April. In addition to…