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Dallas voters have just approved a massive $6.2 billion school bond, the largest in Texas history. The voters approved four separate propositions that cover new school construction, safety and security campus upgrades, and technology, as well as buses and playgrounds. The largest part of that money is going towards fixing up aging schools as some…

Pink basketball courts, a hair braiding station and a butterfly garden. These are just some of the innovative ideas that New York City schoolchildren came up with when they were actively engaged in the planning and design process to transform their schoolyards into vibrant public spaces that better serve themselves and their communities. Anyone familiar…

With total costs coming in at nearly $86 million, about $16 million over budget, Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School officials are working with architects to reduce costs for the planned $70 million facility project. On Thursday, the BBCHS District 307 School Board’s operations committee reviewed construction bids and project costs with BLDD Architects and PSI Construction.…

Portland’s three public high schools. A consortium of coastal schools led by Ellsworth. Wiscasset and Boothbay. These are some of the schools competing for capital funding to build a first-of-its-kind regional high school in Maine. Eight groups of school districts, career and technical education centers, colleges and businesses submitted the first part of a funding…

The Glendale Unified School District is considering placing a $690 million bond measure in the Nov. 3 election ballot, which if voter-approved, would help cover facilities-related needs. However, full support of a bond is limited among Glendale voters, according to data from a recent poll. At a meeting on Tuesday, April 21, the GUSD Board…

San Francisco’s superintendent of schools is putting a new timeline on two major changes for the district: an overhaul of its embattled “lottery” enrollment system and a long-delayed plan to close some schools. In a message to families on Thursday night, Superintendent Maria Su said a new school assignment system should be in place by…

The remote Washington County town of Topsfield voted Thursday to close its five-student school, opting to send a shrinking student population elsewhere. Residents voted 42 to 18 to shutter the East Range II School after high costs began to drive students from out of town elsewhere, bringing the number of students down from 25 in…

Building Hope, in partnership with the Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts (PHSSA) — Virginia's first charter elementary school — today announced the reopening of its historic top floor, the culmination of a decade-long, phased restoration of its nearly 100-year-old building on Semmes Avenue. The space has remained closed since 2007, when the building…

A first-of-its-kind elementary school is opening in the Chicago area. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Friday for an elementary school located at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, but the school is not just for military families. The new Forrestal Elementary School is designed to mimic a children's storybook, taking not only the…

With the voter rejection of Cambridge-Isanti Schools’ bond referendum last November, the district is being forced to pick and choose which long-term facilities maintenance projects will be tackled, plus when such projects will take place. According to Finance Director Chris Kampa, at the time of the referendum, the district was looking at $45 million in…