MOORE, Okla. — In the aftermath of a devastating EF-5 twister that killed seven children at a Moore, Okla. elementary school, schools in the nation’s “tornado alley” are looking to establish safer facilities with required storm shelters or safe rooms.
PEABODY, Mass. — The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) has approved Peabody city council’s request to borrow $92.6 million for school construction.
The multimillion-dollar bond will be used to build the new Higgins Middle School in Peabody, with groundbreaking date set in 2014.
AUSTIN, Texas — A charter school reform bill that would increase the cap of charter schools has passed the Texas state legislator and is poised for Governor Rick Perry’s signature into law.
MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana (UM), Missoula has been threatened with a lawsuit from the Advocates for Missoula’s Future (AMF) if the university continues to plan construction at the south campus.
WASHINGTON — Students and the Department of Education are preparing to weather the storm of the sequester and its various hits to financial assistance and grant programs.
The Budget Control Act of 2011, which developed an automatic 10-year process of “across-the-board” federal cuts if Congress failed to reduce federal deficit, will take its toll on financial aid and several grants that have eased tuition and fees for hundreds of thousands of students.
TRENTON, N.J. — Colleges and universities in New Jersey will receive $1.3 billion to fund 176 construction and renovation projects that will impact approximately 350,000 students.
The funds come from the $750 million “Building our Future” bond referendum approved by state voters in November as well as funding from the Higher Education Capital Improvement Fund, the Higher Education Facilities Trust Fund, the Higher Education Technology Infrastructure Fund and the Higher Education Equipment Leasing Fund.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — When designing a school, architects think about the students inside, and in the California desert, they also are concerned with the weather outside. Private school, Marywood-Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage, right outside of Palm Desert, Calif., is currently building a new learning center for its high school students.
NEW YORK — The Princeton Review, an organization providing tutoring and admissions resources for college or college-bound students, released their fourth annual guidebook April 16, highlighting green colleges and their efforts to create a sustainable future.
In collaboration with the Center for Green Schools and the U.S Green Building Council, the free and comprehensive “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2013 Edition” profiles colleges in the United States and Canada that have demonstrated a commitment to sustainability.
WAKEFIELD, Mass. — Galvin Middle School in Wakefield recently underwent a major groundbreaking for its new $60 million school. The new school will replace the existing school, which was originally built in 1955.
WAKE COUNTY, N.C. — Representing both the interests of taxpayers and education, school and city officials of Wake County met last week to decide fall election voters will determine if the areas schools will receive an approximately $911 million school construction bond.
