Planning for a successful school bond referendum
Mar 1, 2021 — All of these engagement techniques help get to the root of what the community wants and needs and what people will support in a referendum. Listening to stakeholders and incorporating feedback ensures that a bond proposal reflects both the community’s physical building requirements and their aspirational goals.
Facilities - American School & University
Oct 18, 2024 — From individual classrooms to immense athletic stadiums, schools and universities have a wide array of facility types.
MacMurray College is closing after 174 years - American School
Apr 7, 2020 — After years of financial struggles, MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill., will shut down for good at the end of the spring semester. The Springfield State Journal-Register reports that leaders of the four-year liberal arts college decided there was no viable financial path forward in light of declining enrollments, rising competitive costs, and an insufficient endowment.
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Jun 27, 2024 — American School & University offers insights to education and design professionals about key facility issues: planning, construction, renovation, maintenance and management.
Charter network is closing 7 of its 15 schools in Chicago
Oct 10, 2024 — A charter school network has announced plans to close seven of its 15 campuses in Chicago.. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that families and educators were left reeling after the board of directors of Acero Schools decided to close the schools at the end of the 2024-25 school year.. Acero CEO Richard Rodriguez says the decision to shut down nearly half of its Chicago schools was prompted by a ...
Former Urbana University campus in Urbana, Ohio, slated to …
May 5, 2022 — The former campus of Urbana University in Urbana, Ohio, will house a program focused on developing athletes. The Braxton Miller Foundation is buying the 115-acre campus and will create the Pro Development Institute, reports The Dayton Daily News.Miller played football at Ohio State University and in the NFL. The foundation says the institute “will become the first-ever dual collegiate and ...
The least educated states in the USA - American School & University
Feb 11, 2020 — Mississippi is the least educated of the 50 states, according to an analysis by the website WalletHub. To rank the most and least educated states in America, WalletHub looked at 18 metrics, which all into two categories: educational attainment and quality of education.
New York City breaks ground on high school in Queens
Dec 15, 2021 — New York City is building a 3,066-seat high school in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens.. North Boulevard High School will be six stories tall and contain 94 regular classrooms, six resource rooms, a library, a 550-seat auditorium, a full kitchen complex with two student dining areas, and a gymnasium with bleachers and locker rooms, reports Astoriapost.com.
How Establishing Zones Can Improve School Security
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Texas school superintendent embroiled in bullying dispute says he …
May 11, 2018 — Lance Hindt, the Katy (Texas) school superintendent who has been dogged by decades-old claims that he bullied students during his middle and high school years, says he will retire on Jan.1.. The Houston Chronicle reports that Hindt announced his decision at Thursday night's school board meeting. He asserted that since the allegations surfaced in March that he bullied fellow students as a youth ...