BRIDGEPORT –There will be a symbolic “topping off” ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Discovery Magnet School under construction adjacent to the Discovery Museum at 4550 Park Avenue. The event marks the completion of the structural steel work when the last beam is put into place.
The building, the largest construction project in the schools 91-year history, will have dorms, lecture halls, an auditorium and more.
The building, the largest construction project in the schools 91-year history, will have dorms, lecture halls, an auditorium and more.
By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER PETTISVILLE – The Pettisville Board of Education will consider awarding six contracts next week for a new K-12 school building after low bids came in more than $1 million below the district’s estimated cost. A $9,059,000 bid from the Daley Co., of Lake Orion, Mich., for general construction services was the lowest of six the district received for that work …
Richmond school and city officials will hold a community meeting tonight from 6 to 8 about the proposed replacement for Huguenot High School. The meeting will be at the school, 7945 Forest Hill Ave. They will provide information about the construction timetable and seek input from the public about the programs and design features it would like to see at the new school.
By MARK REITER BLADE STAFF WRITER Voters in the Blissfield Community Schools District yesterday rejected a scaled-back bond issue to finance the construction of energy-efficiency upgrades and other improvements to the school system’s three buildings. The 15-year, 1.49-mill bond issue would have been used to borrow up to $8 million in a federal stimulus program to pay for a new high school roof …
DESOTO COUNTY – DeSoto County school officials are worried one of three new schools under construction won’t be ready for students come August.
CLEAR LAKE, IA – It’s out with the old to start building the new. Construction surrounding Lincoln Elementary School in Clear Lake is underway. The old school went up for sale back in 2008 and now the land is being used for new, villa style twin and town homes.
An audit of the Rudd Government’s $14 billion primary school building program has criticised the scheme for failing to meet construction deadlines, being inflexible and having inadequate yet unnecessarily onerous reporting requirements.
The building, the largest construction project in the schools 91-year history, will have dorms, lecture halls, an auditorium and more.
