Over the summer, Olathe West High School added solar panels over two picnic tables where students can charge their phones and laptops.
The new construction, funded by a $295-million bond measure passed last year, will accommodate the California district’s rapidly growing student population.
The $15 million building renovation was part of Mayor Walsh’s $2.08 billion Imagine Boston Capital Plan. It was the final phase of an overall $33 million project to two Eliot school buildings.
The students got “teacher-level access” to systems and hacked the system to obtain home addresses, in addition to GPAs, SAT scores, phone numbers and other private information about every student in the district.
Diegueño Middle School in Encinitas, California will soon have a new classroom building with ample space for hands-on STEM learning.
Construction on Frisco ISD’s newest high school began this summer amidst rising costs of building materials and labor shortages.
South Dakota received three grants totaling $2 million to help school districts prevent and address threats of violence.
Montgomery Public Schools is considering HiEd, a software program that allows high school students and counselors to track the student’s progress toward graduation.