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    Some hurricane-damaged Houston schools may not be ready to open next month

    July 19, 2024
    The district says 20 campuses are still without power and at least 60 schools have roof or structural damage from Hurricane Beryl.
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    Dry rot forces Berkeley (California) district to shut down middle school

    June 21, 2024
    Longfellow Middle School will be closed for at least two years while the district reconstructs the building.
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    Mamaroneck Avenue Elementary School

    Kindergartner and mother walking to school fatally struck by school bus

    June 20, 2024
    The boy, 6, and his mother, 43, were about half a block from Mamaroneck Avenue Elementary School in Mamaroneck, New York, when they were struck.
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    Construction worker dies after accident at high school in Portland, Oregon

    June 3, 2024
    Samantha Deschenes was an ironworker working on the modernization of Benson Polytechnic High School.
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    Construction worker killed in accident at University of Georgia

    May 20, 2024
    Authorities say the man was working on a steam line on the Athens campus when he was crushed by a forklift.

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    Student dies from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington

    Dec. 12, 2023
    Two other students living in campus housing have been hospitalized.
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    Roof collaspes at Florida technical college, but no one is injured

    Dec. 1, 2023
    Weight from debris and construction material is believed to have caused the collapse at Atlantic Technical College in Coconut Creek.
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    Body found in ventilation system at Michigan community college

    Nov. 28, 2023
    The body was discovered in the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts at Macomb Community College.
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    Lockport Central Campus

    Classroom ceiling collapse focuses attention on facility needs at Lockport, Illinois, high school

    Nov. 6, 2023
    Freshmen who attend Lockport Township High School’s Central Campus will have online classes while the district assesses damage to the building.