Photo credit: Rockfon. Bellevue School District in Washington transformed its one-story Sammamish High School into a three-story educational facility. It’s the last phase of the district’s initiative to rebuild all four of its high schools. The 323,000-square-foot building currently serves 1,060 students, with room for 1,800. CHALLENGE: Bellevue originally performed minor renovations for all four […]

The completion of the Maywood Center for Enriched Studies, a grade 6 through 12 magnet school, marks the end of Los Angeles USD’s 14-year effort to add 131 new schools. The building accommodates 1,200 students from Maywood and across the district. Challenge: From 1980 to 2002, LAUSD faced a 200,000-student increase that forced many schools […]

A small but growing number of states are requiring school districts to provide recess. Pending legislation in Massachusetts would require schools to provide at least 20 minutes of daily recess in K5. Trends in the U.S. In Florida and Rhode Island, recess laws took effect this year. Four other states already require it, and 11 […]

Here are lists of states that require recess in elementary schools and that require general and physical activity. States that require recess in elementary school Connecticut: 20 minutes of supervised recess daily, preferably outdoors Indiana: Daily physical activity that may include the use of recess Missouri: Minimum of one 20-minute recess period Rhode Island: Minimum […]

Mold growth at California’s Klamath-Trinity Joint USD three years ago was an asset in disguise. Mold growth at California’s Klamath-Trinity Joint USD three years ago was an asset in disguise. It required the district to reconstruct six of its seven schools, a $65 million endeavor that superintendent Jon Ray saw as an opportunity. His classrooms […]

A wave of new GPS systems not only tracks buses in real time, but allows administrators to map routes, films drivers for future training purposes and provides data on how well vehicles are functioning. The technology also promises safer rides for students and provides peace-of-mind for parents, who can download apps to find out where […]

Mold may raise images of sick students and rotting buildings, but in reality, it’s an easy—and most times inexpensive—problem to solve if dealt with quickly and effectively. Mold may raise images of sick students and rotting buildings, but in reality, it’s an easy—and most times inexpensive—problem to solve if dealt with quickly and effectively. Many […]

School leaders want more autonomy on how they access and report data. They also have more assets to keep track of when they shift to 1-to-1 learning or other programs that provide students with tech devices. A new wave of software offers automated asset and business management, and provides other services that can monitor help […]