In the last five years, the district has lost about 500 custodians and plant managers, along with about 650 carpenters, electricians and plumbers, according to chief facilities executive Mark Hovatter.
Facilities
3/12/2013
A regional president of Woodruff Construction told the Ames Community School Board Monday that he hoped to start the Miller Avenue school project with a clean slate.
3/12/2013
State school officials say they will begin construction on a dozen new schools this year, after virtually no building in the three years since Gov. Christie took office.
3/12/2013
The Fulton County School System was one of only 25 school systems in the state to be awarded the "Golden Radish" for its commitment to serving locally grown foods in its school cafeterias over the past two years.
3/12/2013
Bayside High School in Queens is one of two New York City public schools in a pilot program to replace water-wasting toilets with new low-flow flushers.
3/12/2013
America's schools are in such disrepair that it would cost more than $270 billion just to get elementary and secondary buildings back to their original conditions and twice that to get them up-to-date, a report released Tuesday estimated.
3/11/2013
Twenty-five school districts were honored for supporting their local economies and increasing the amount of local food they serve to their students through Farm to School programs.
3/6/2013
The school board listened to a number of concerned parents and North Braddock community members who don’t want to see the students have to be bussed out of the area to attend other schools.
3/6/2013
A 70,000-square-foot charter school is under construction near Marlins Park in Miami and its students will get to intern with the team’s executives.
3/6/2013
In what seems like a bit of buyer's remorse, two trustees on the School District 2 board said Tuesday they had changed their minds on a vote they cast during Monday night's meeting.
3/3/2013
Despite its ranking as one of Louisiana's top school districts, the Ascension Parish school system faces additional challenges.
3/3/2013
Sacramento City Unified captured headlines last month with its decision to close seven schools because of declining enrollment, but it's not the fastest-shrinking district in the region.
2/27/2013
Damage to public school buildings cost New York City an estimated $175 million, and reimbursement from the federal government has been slow in coming.
2/27/2013
The proposed structures would be the first new city schools since 1986. In the last three decades, the county system has built 15 school buildings.
2/24/2013
Now the Shadyside school, which was opened in 1975, is being torn down to make way for an expanded Bakery Square, purchased for $5.4 million -- enough to cover the outstanding debt but less than the $6.27 million the district had spent on it since 2007.
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