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Danvers Electric announced Wednesday that the newly installed solar arrays on Smith Elementary, Highlands Elementary and Danvers High School are now live. The panels installed on these school rooftops are now generating clean, renewable energy directly integrated into towns public power supply. Danvers Electric partnered with Solect Energy to complete the project that installed enough…

For Irina Contreras, a program manager for Los Angeles County's Department of Arts and Culture, outdoor education was a refuge for both her and her daughter during the pandemic. Now, much of that refuge has been burned in the raging wildfires around Los Angeles. Her 7-year-old daughter, Ceiba, hikes with a kid's adventure group called…

Two Kansas legislators prefiled a bill that would deliver millions in voter-approved school bonds that were blocked earlier this year because of a strict ruling from the Kansas attorney general. Voters in the Greeley County school district approved in May a $4.6 million school bond that was to be used for upgrades and renovations, but…

A New Hampshire elementary school was closed for inspection after hundreds of large bats were found hibernating in the building, forcing staff to dodge the flying pests. Richards Elementary School in Newport was closed on Monday after staff began falling ill from the infestation. Newport School District Superintendent Donna Magoon told WMUR that hundreds of…

A local elementary school has been recognized for its efforts to reduce energy usage and its carbon footprint. Johnson Elementary School has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Certification for superior energy performance. According to a release, such buildings are verified to perform in the top 25 percent of buildings in the country,…

Several public schools in the District are working to fix heating issues in the frigid cold. According to a DC Public Schools spokesperson, families at eleven schools have been notified of the issues. Deal Middle School Principal Diedre Neal sent a letter to parents saying the school is working with the DCPS Operations and Facilities…

Nobody in a school district knows the school campus and grounds better than maintenance and engineering managers, says Kenneth Trump, president, National School Safety and Security Service. “Facility managers should have a seat at the table and be an integral part of each school’s and district’s safety and emergency teams,” Trump says. “They not onlyknow…

The Albia School Board heard a presentation on the facilities Master Plan for the district during their November meeting before approving it. They heard from superintendent Richard Montgomery, Laura Peterson from Invision Architecture and Pete Perez from Boyd Jones as well as Kristin Mick and Ryan Ammons as members of the task force. that helped…

A work group tasked with reviewing school construction funding in Frederick County Public Schools does not recommend having private companies work in partnership with the district to design, build, manage or finance new or renovated schools. School construction funding in FCPS has been a topic of concern due to a rapidly growing student population, which…

County Mayor Weston Wamp and Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Justin Robertson on Wednesday proposed $32 million to address deferred maintenance and facility improvements across the district. This funding is part of $60 million designated from the bond issue in August, the result of a budget compromise between the county and the school system in FY2024.…