Facilities Management

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

Highlights

Broward County (Florida) district is adding walk-through metal detectors at all of its high schools

April 25, 2024
The board has decided to accelerate its security plan and install detectors in all its 32 high schools by the end of the fall semester.
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Tennessee enacts law that lets teachers carry concealed weapons at school

April 25, 2024
Teaches who wish to carry a weapon must undergo training and get approval from district administration.
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Lawsuit aims to block closure of high school in Providence, Rhode Island

April 24, 2024
Parents contend that closing 360 High School will violate the rights of Spanish-speaking students.

Justice Department will pay $138.7 million for mishandling sexual assault allegations against Larry Nassar

April 23, 2024
Nassar is in prison for assaulting hundreds of women when he worked as a doctor at Michigan State University and for USA Gymnastics
DeKalb County School District

DeKalb County (Georgia) board agrees to pay $325,000 to superintendent it fired

April 18, 2024
Cheryl Watson-Harris was ousted in 2022 after less than 2 years on the job.

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Download the AS&U 100

Dec. 21, 2023
Download this guide to the 100 largest public school districts and 25 largest postsecondary institutions.
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Former assistant principal charged in connection with 2023 shooting of teacher by 6-year-old student

April 11, 2024
Ebony Parker, who was assistant principal at Richneck Elementary in Newport News, Virginia, is charged with child abuse for allegedly failing to act on warnings that the 1st-grade...
Goddard College

Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, is closing

April 9, 2024
Officials say the school has been unable to overcome decades of enrollment decline.
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Renovations completed on century-old middle school in Salem, N.H.

April 8, 2024
Woodbury Middle School opened in 1925 as a high school.

New York City says 9 new public schools will open for 2024-25

April 5, 2024
Officials say the new schools are an effort to counteract significant enrollment declines in recent years.