Dallas Firm Awarded $40 Million Contract

LEWISVILLE, Texas — The Lewisville Independent School District selected Dallas-based Charter Builders as construction manager at-risk for a $40 million renovation and expansion project at Lewisville High School. SHW Group, also of Dallas, is the architectural firm designing the expansion, which is slated to last through August 2012.
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Calif. Governor Vetoes Bill Targeting School Pesticides

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a state senate bill calling for less hazardous pesticides to be used on school grounds in California.
 
Supporters of the bill say it would reduce premature puberty in girls and certain kinds of cancers, both linked to the exposure of some kinds of toxins found in pesticides at schools statewide.

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