September 2010

With one week left to go before school starts, construction vehicles lined the Pine Road Elementary School parking lot Aug. 25 to put the finishing touches on the school’s $21 million expansion project.

CHESTERFIELD — It appears the new, $37 million Chesterfield Elementary School has met with another delay.

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.

Northern Virginia’s students headed back to class Tuesday, the last wave in a series of public school openings in the Washington area. Northern Virginia – Virginia – United States – Organizations – Police

A new school under construction near Snohomish will get about a quarter of its electricity from solar power.

Conservative corners of the internet are buzzing over a Los Angeles school named after former Vice President Al Gore that was built on toxic soil and, some say, poses a health risk to students. (See: Obama: ‘They talk about me like a dog’)

With one week left to go before school starts, construction vehicles lined the Pine Road Elementary School parking lot Aug. 25 to put the finishing touches on the school’s $21 million expansion project.

OXFORD – Melanie Hodges says there is a lot celebrate about the new high school. The list includes never having the wake up early to search out a parking spot, having a new synthetic turf field, the glorious central air conditioning and a true auditorium – separate from the cafeteria.

If the St. Tammany School Board approves three resolutions that were passed at Thursday’s Committee as a Whole for Business Affairs and Administrative meeting, it will allow Superintendent Trey Folse or in some cases, School Board President John Lamarque to apply for community development block grants.

The Danville District School Board will turn from contracts to construction Wednesday at its regularly scheduled business meeting.