Facilities Management

Administrative decisions determine how resources are allocated for school and university facilities and functions.

Highlights

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National superintendent of the year is leaving the St. Paul (Minnesota) district

Feb. 27, 2024
Joe Gothard, who received the national honor earlier this month, has been hired as superintendent in the Madison (Wisconsin) district.
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Richardson (Texas) district plans to close 5 schools

Feb. 23, 2024
4 elementary schools and a prekindergarten campus are to be closed because of declining enrollment and insufficient funding.
Clark County School District

Clark County (Nevada) board approves superintendent's departure

Feb. 23, 2024
Jesus Jara has led the 300,000-student district since 2018

Texas judge rules that district's suspension of Black student over hair length was allowable

Feb. 22, 2024
The Barbers Hill district suspended high school junior Daryl George over the length of his hair.
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Supreme Court declines to take appeal challenging Virginia high school's admissions policy

Feb. 21, 2024
The lawsuit contended that the admissions policy at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology was unfair to Asian American students.

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Download the AS&U 100

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Download this guide to the 100 largest public school districts and 25 largest postsecondary institutions.
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Maine elementary deemed unsafe, is shut down immediately

Feb. 8, 2024
Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris was built in the late 1800s and has numerous building deficiencies.

Fort Bend (Texas) district says its bond projects are $133 million over budget

Feb. 7, 2024
Voters approved a $1.2 billion package in May 2023, but administrators now say its cost projections exceed that by $133 million.
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Broward County (Florida) district looks at school closings

Feb. 7, 2024
The nation's 6th-largest district says its schools have 54,100 empty seats.
Newton Public Schools

Teachers strike ends, students return to school in Newton, Massachusetts

Feb. 5, 2024
Students missed more than 2 weeks of classes while the contract dispute was unresolved.