After leading Jeffersonville High School through a massive multimillion dollar construction project, increasing graduation rates, doubling advanced placement participation and other initiatives, Principal Steve Morris is leaving to become superintendent of Lanesville Community Schools, in Harrison County.
SAN FRANCISCO — California state universities may soon run partially off of fuel cell technology thanks to projects authorized by the 
California Public Utilities Commission.
Staff writer Construction of a physically-challenged friendly playground at Parkdale Elementary School was expected to start yesterday, after the funds were secured to pay for the project. Parents, school officials and supporters have been fundraising for the past two years to bring the project […]
The district must decide whether to accept $16.8 million in federal stimulus funds that would help build a school for grades three, four and five to ease overcrowding in the elementary school.
The district must decide whether to accept $16.8 million in federal stimulus funds that would help build a school for grades three, four and five to ease overcrowding in the elementary school.
Construction on Silverland Middle School in Fernley is on track to be completed in October, and on June 8, the Lyon County School District authorized the selling of $3 million in general obligation bonds issued in 2009 to fund the completion of the project and other maintenance issues.
Shelby County school leaders hope to secure funding this year to replace an out-of-date Collierville Middle, but an official site for the new school hasn’t been decided.
June 16 (Bloomberg) — Massachusetts, the first state to make school attendance compulsory, sold $151 million of Qualified School Construction Bonds at a yield almost half a percentage point below more popular Build America Bonds.
HENRICO, VA (WWBT) At a time when many school systems are cutting back, Henrico County is doing just the opposite. In fact, one school, Dumbarton Elementary, will soon get a major upgrade, thanks to federal stimulus dollars.
Just a few years ago, Miami High School had twice as many students as it was designed for, and the school district was planning a major expansion. Now that construction has started, enrollment is down sharply. But don’t get the idea the school will be full of empty classrooms when the expansion is complete in 2013. Even after the enrollment drop, the school will have just about as many students …
