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State school construction board reports local shares of annual funding are $1.25B to the state share of $430M. Concern continues amongst IAC board members that state contributions are not keeping pace with need.  During a regularly scheduled meeting of the Interagency Commission on School Construction (IAC) Executive Director Alex Donahue shared insights on the FY27 state capital…

California public schools are in the midst of a long-running trend of declining enrollment. Enrollment fell this past year by nearly 75,000 students. Since 2015–16, enrollment has dropped in all but one year, and there are now nearly 500,000 fewer students in public TK–12 schools. Declines have been substantial in many coastal regions, while the…

First Selectman Terry Rooney presented a proposal for a new Facilities Planning Committee to assess town and school building needs, and lead capital projects, to the Town Council, which unanimously approved its creation Monday night. Critics contend that at least one member of the Ad Hoc Facilities Committee, which assessed capital and space needs of…

The cost of school construction is going up with no end in sight, leading to continued pressure on school districts' --- and taxpayers' --- pocketbooks. That's according to state data and data compiled by the Wake County Public School System, which is set to present its findings to the Wake school board's facilities committee Tuesday.…

Across the country, Transitional Kindergarten is moving from pilot to policy, from niche offering to a foundational layer of public education. As districts expand access, a practical question comes into focus: where do four-year-olds fit within systems built for older children?  The answer is beginning to reshape the physical environment of schools in ways both…

Ashley Gardner’s classroom is often overwhelmingly hot or uncomfortably cold. Sometimes it smells like sewage. When it snows, the roof leaks. It’s where the Wooster High School teacher works – alongside an occasional mouse and endless ants – while expecting her students to show up ready to learn. “Could you effectively learn in that environment?”…

Plans to redevelop the Claude O. Markoe and Alexander Henderson schools on St. Croix are moving through the review process, but Thursday’s public meeting before the Coastal Zone Management Commission made clear that the projects are being shaped by three major pressures: student and community safety, rising construction costs, and the challenge of managing work…

Public school systems are moving beyond one-off solar installations, folding distributed generation into broader infrastructure strategies. A recent partnership between Ameresco and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) shows how districts are aligning clean energy goals with long-term facility planning. Two rooftop systems—installed at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School and Germantown Elementary School—are expected…

Public school systems across the country are entering a period of sustained enrollment decline, driven by a convergence of demographic and behavioral shifts, particularly evident along Colorado’s Front Range. Over the next five years, the state is projected to lose more than 15,000 children ages 0–17, as persistently low birth rates, high housing costs, an…

Superintendent Tony Watlington reiterated in a Thursday statement that the purpose of Philadelphia’s school facilities plan has been to address “the challenges of aging, underutilized, and overcrowded school buildings,” while also expanding equitable access to high-quality academics and extracurricular activities.  Though the district’s overall enrollment slightly increased by 106 to a total 198,405 students between…