August 2010

The construction which started in May covers a large portion of the parking lot, forcing most kids to park across the street at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center.

Students at Stroudsburg High School returned to class Monday, and they experienced their campus as an active construction zone.

CULBERTSON,MONT — The bang-bang-bang of construction work occasionally interrupted staff during its inservice Tuesday.

A school director is trying to drum up funds for the construction of a bridge across the Ngao River after strong currents nearly swept one of his students away.

CULBERTSON,MONT — The bang-bang-bang of construction work occasionally interrupted staff during its inservice Tuesday.

In a letter to parents this week, Donna McCormick-Miller, principal of Makefield Elementary School, said the school’s new opening day will be Tuesday, Sept. 7, instead of Sept. 1 due to the ongoing renovation and construction at the school.

Turner Construction Company, the nation’s largest builder of education facilities, has completed sixteen K-12 school projects to serve more than 12,450 students in time for the start of the 2010 school year in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

After a brief exchange regarding the difference between the committee of the whole and a regular school board meeting — raising the question of discussion vs. formal action — the Menomonie school board’s first committee of the whole meeting commenced on Monday evening.

We recently upgraded our recommendation on School Specialty Inc. to Neutral with a target price of $14.00.

One bright spot in the down economy? Massachusetts School Building Authority reports that bids for school-construction projects are coming in well below their original estimated cost.