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QUEENS PARENTS: OUR SCHOOL'S A MAJOR HAZARD

Date Captured	Saturday September 01 2007, 9:25 AM
NY Post reports, "Angry parents at a Queens elementary school questioned yesterday why portions of the building resembled a hazard zone just days before it was set to open - and whether the rushed project was done aboveboard."

Should Parents View School Security Tapes?

Date Captured

Thursday August 30 2007, 11:53 PM

Fulton County News (Pennsylvania) reports, "Board member Kenny Wuertenberg informed the board and administration he had a problem with punishing a child and not allowing the parents to see the incident as recorded by security cameras on school buses and in district facilities. 'It’s fascist ... What happened to due process?' questioned Wuertenberg. 'How is who is riding a public school bus private?'”

Educational Facilities Disaster and Crisis Management Guidebook

Date Captured	Monday August 20 2007, 7:26 PM
Florida Department of Education

Toxic dust in SUNY New Paltz dorms, man still insists

Date Captured

Saturday August 18 2007, 10:02 AM

Times Herald-Record reports, "Whatever else you think about Eric Francis Coppolino, you can't deny one thing: he's persistent — as persistent as the toxic dust he has accused SUNY New Paltz administrators of sweeping down the memory hole of a long-ago environmental catastrophe there. Sixteen years after poisonous PCBs infested four college dorms, Coppolino will be on campus at Monday's moving-in day, warning parents and students of a danger the college and state SUNY officials say doesn't exist."

Money alone won't help schools

Date Captured

Saturday August 18 2007, 9:55 AM

Times Herald-Record op-ed contributor Dan Walters opines, "The education establishment has argued vociferously, with some success, that spending more on teacher salaries, smaller classes and better facilities would produce better outcomes. In the main, political leaders have endorsed that contention, although they've been unable to supply all the money that educators say they need. Critics have countered that there is no direct correlation between spending and academic success, noting that private schools and whole states with lower per-pupil spending levels often surpass California in national academic tests, high-school-dropout rates and other measures of performance. They contend that public education needs a structural overhaul, not merely more money."

Truth about School Construction Authority

Date Captured	Friday August 10 2007, 9:13 AM
Queens Courier letter to editor contributor Joel I. Klein, Chancellor of New York City Public Schools opines, "We are pleased that Senator Padavan, and environmental advocates, recognize that our present environmental review vastly improves on procedures in place before this administration. The Bloomberg Administration remains committed to protecting public interest and safety."

Borrowing for school upgrades approved

Date Captured	Thursday August 09 2007, 10:36 AM
Buffalo News reports, "Buffalo’s $1 billion school modernization blitz took a major step forward Wednesday when the city control board approved a $180 million borrowing for the next phase of the project. Officials were quick to point out that the state is footing the tab for 94 percent of the 10-year renovation plan."

Upkeep of Schools Is New Focus For Budget

Date Captured

Thursday July 26 2007, 9:10 AM

Washington Post reports, "Howard's schools [Maryland] account for, by far, the largest of any of the county's capital budgets. County Executive Ken Ulman (D) has repeatedly said that the county's highly rated school system is 'the engine that drives the county.' But he cautioned in an interview this week that he and the council must weigh the needs of the schools against other demands on the county budget, from fire stations and libraries to community centers and government buildings, when deciding how to allocate finite resources. 'The bottom line is that we have some pretty tough decisions to make,' Ulman said. 'We'll have to find additional revenue or lower expectations.'"

Fighting toxic school sites

Date Captured	Tuesday July 24 2007, 7:17 AM
NY Daily News reports, "Toxic school sites could soon come face to face with a potent enemy - angry, protective parents."

Jury Backs Teacher Who Says Room Made Her Ill

Date Captured	Sunday July 22 2007, 8:31 AM
Washington Post reports, "A Montgomery County [Maryland] jury has found in favor of a teacher who said she was driven from her job by mold in a portable classroom at a Burtonsville school."

Rochester city, schools may swap land

Date Captured	Saturday July 21 2007, 9:37 AM
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports, "Negotiations between the city and the district to reach agreement on school facilities have taken years. The plan, which requires City Council approval, is seen as a groundbreaking collaboration between the city and the City School District."

West Point honor code to be reviewed

Date Captured

Sunday July 15 2007, 12:41 PM

Times Herald-Record Greg Bruno reports, "An honor code study group has been formed to review the state and status of the honor system at West Point, academy leaders announced yesterday. Under the guidance of retired generals, past and present cadet leaders and academy staff, the committee will analyze general feelings toward honor at West Point, and drill into specific areas where improvements could be made. Issues to be addressed include the state of plagiarism in academic classes and the type of legal advice cadets accused of honor violations should receive."

Educational equality slips from hands of students

Date Captured

Tuesday July 10 2007, 9:07 AM

Louisiana Weekly Guest Commentary by U. S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, "The Student Bill of Rights will guarantee that all students have access to: * High quality teachers and school administrators * Rigorous academic curricula and methods of instruction * Small class sizes * Quality facilities, textbooks, instructional materials and supplies * Up-to-date library resources * Up-to-date computer technology * Quality guidance counseling

Education, building and money: a look at the Wicks Law

Date Captured

Monday July 09 2007, 9:28 AM

The Journal News reports, "Unless you're in the building trades or a public entity doing some construction, proposed changes to the Wicks Law probably didn't register particularly loudly on your interest meter. But like any other change that affects education, the issue is really about money: an estimated $13 million more in school construction costs per year in Rockland taxpayer dollars charged for Wicks Law compliance, according to research by members of the Rockland School Boards Association."

FUROR OVER SCHOOLS SITE

Date Captured

Saturday July 07 2007, 7:10 AM

NY Post reports, "The plaintiffs, a coalition of environmentalists and community residents, are worried about the engineering controls to contain the toxins. They fear that some of the controls, such as a ventilation system to disperse toxic fumes or using plastic caps to isolate contaminated soil, could break down over years. But, without a long-term monitoring plan, no one would know, Palmer said. The site is contaminated by mercury, lead and benzene, a suspected carcinogen. The city committed $30 million to clean up the 6.6-acre site, which over the years had been home to an industrial laundry, a rail yard, gas station and gas manufacturing facility. That cleanup effort is under way."

Asbestos in Schools -- The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA)

Date Captured	Sunday June 24 2007, 7:13 PM
US Environmental Agency

Connecting With the Voters on Bond Issues

Date Captured	Sunday June 17 2007, 10:48 AM
NY Times reports, "Voting on school bonds or budgets is often the only time the public gets to give thumbs up or thumbs down to taxes, and in recent years it has been saying no more often."

Law aims to shield kids -- Schenectady County passes housing rules for sex convicts

Date Captured

Wednesday June 13 2007, 7:53 AM

Times Union reports, "Convicted sex offenders across Schenectady County will be forced to move if they live near schools, day care centers and playgrounds, under a new county law enacted late Tuesday. The change requires sex offenders -- at every level -- to leave their homes starting Oct. 1, should they reside within 2,000 feet of public parks, pools and playgrounds, as well as schools, day care and youth facilities. Under a second law which takes effect immediately, offenders cannot move within 2,000 feet of such areas."

Cash is available to help libraries upgrade

Date Captured

Wednesday June 06 2007, 9:28 AM

Poughkeepsie Journal reports, "The 2007-08 Public Library Construction Grant Program allows library systems to apply on behalf of their member libraries for grants that will fund up to 50 percent of a project's cost. Eligible project activities and expenditures include the acquisition of a site and an existing building suitable for conversion to library purposes, construction and renovation or rehabilitation of existing facilities. Libraries may use local, state, federal, public or private funds or a combination from those sources, for the required match. Libraries needing more information should visit the state Education Department Web site at www.nysl.nysed.gov/lib dev/construc/index.html or call 1-518-474-7890."

New York Is Top State in Dollars Per Student

Date Captured	Wednesday May 30 2007, 9:23 AM
NY Times reports, "Nationwide, public school districts spent an average of $8,701 per student on elementary and secondary education in the 2005 fiscal year, 5 percent more than in the previous year. New York, which also came in highest last year, spent $14,119 per student, followed by New Jersey at $13,800, Vermont at $11,838 and Connecticut at $11,572."

Oneida mayor: Schools should run sports camps

Date Captured	Monday May 28 2007, 9:08 AM
Post-Standard reports, "The Oneida Recreation Department will not offer any summer sports camps this year after Mayor Leo Matzke decided the programs should be run by the city school district because they take place at school facilities."

Newburgh's busing policy up to voters

Date Captured

Wednesday May 09 2007, 8:46 AM

Times Herald-Record reports, "Every weekday, buses in the Newburgh School District move a small-town-sized mass of kids to and from school. Orange County's largest district shuttles more than 11,600 students (public, private, parochial and special needs) to 88 Hudson Valley facilities. It's a pricey undertaking. The proposed 2007-2008 pupil transportation budget is roughly $12.6 million, a 14 percent hike over this school year. That transportation slice accounts for about 6 percent of Newburgh's $203.71 budget proposition, which goes before the voters May 15."

Middletown Empire State College campus closing?

Date Captured

Tuesday May 08 2007, 11:03 AM

Times Herald-Record reports, "The Middletown office has 200 to 300 students and is the smallest of Empire State's four Hudson Valley sites, he said. As many as a third of the students are from the Middletown area and as many as a third are from the Newburgh area; the rest live elsewhere in Orange or Sullivan counties, Trullinger said. Moving from Middletown to Newburgh would place the college at the nexus of Interstates 87 and 84 and move it closer to residents of Putnam and Dutchess counties across the Hudson River, Trullinger [ dean of the Hudson Valley center of Empire College]said. 'We don't just look at the town,' he said. "We are serving a regional population.'"

Law gives parents more access to childrens' incident reports

Date Captured

Monday May 07 2007, 8:42 AM

AP reports, "A key provision of 'Jonathan's Law' will require residential health facilities to notify parents and guardians within 24 hours of incidents affecting the health and safety of their children. The law will require facilities to provide parents and guardians with incident reports upon request and it will give parents access to records pertaining to allegations of patient abuse or mistreatment."

Statement from Secretary Spellings on National Charter Schools Week

Date Captured

Thursday May 03 2007, 8:34 AM

These schools [charter] are dispelling the myth that some children can't learn. By acting as laboratories for best practices, they are changing attitudes about education and they're getting great results for kids. Charters are also transforming urban education and tackling head-on our nation's stubborn achievement gap. They are proving that new approaches to education can work—that breaking tradition and taking risks can yield tremendous results for students. Through the groundbreaking No Child Left Behind Act, President Bush and I have supported a robust expansion of school choice options for students and parents, helping to pave the way for greater access to charter schools. Since 2001, the President has invested $1.4 billion in the Charter Schools Program to facilitate start-ups and spread clear information about successful schools and provided over $262 million for charter school facilities. We will continue to support charter schools as they strive to help students achieve their potential.

FRIEDEN'S NEW FOUL

Date Captured

Monday April 30 2007, 7:45 AM

NY Post op-ed contributor David Yassky, north Brooklyn representative, New York City Council opines, "The rules would cost parochial schools millions of dollars, quite possibly forcing some of them to shut down. Most important, these new rules would cross the line that should separate church and state. Of course, we do want the Health Department to protect children against dangers like lead exposure. But existing rules already do that. Now the Health Department wants to impose much more comprehensive regulations on parochial preschool facilities - mandating a certain number of square feet per child, a certain number of toilets per child and so forth."

Most Tier classroom doors lack effective lock systems

Date Captured	Sunday April 29 2007, 9:22 AM
Press & Sun-Bulletin reports, "Most Southern Tier classroom doors can't be locked from the inside, despite evidence that locking doors can help protect children during a threat to a school."

Here's a bright idea: Turn off the lights!

Date Captured

Wednesday April 25 2007, 9:21 AM

NY Daily News reports, "Lights at the historic Tweed Courthouse, which houses the Education Department headquarters, were still blazing at 3:50 a.m. Education Department spokeswoman Margie Feinberg said Tweed is regularly cleaned during off-hours. The department's building at 65 Court St. in Brooklyn also was lit well into the wee hours. Feinberg said those lights had to be on because of an unspecified number of information technology and payroll employees who work overnight. She refused to provide an exact number of late-night workers and referred further questions to the city. The Education Department paid $172,000 in the most recent fiscal year for lighting, elevators, air conditioning and heating for the Court St. building. If the department stopped running its lights at night, it would potentially save a third of that cost, or about $57,000 a year. The city could hire one new teacher at the average starting salary of $42,512 or two new cops at $25,000 each."

ASBESTOS FURY; CITY TOO CHEAP TO SAVE SCHOOLKIDS: DOE VET

Date Captured

Monday April 16 2007, 8:23 AM

NY Post reports, "DOE spokeswoman Marge Feinberg insisted that the city's schools are safe and that the agency removes exposed asbestos as soon as it's alerted. But a lab hired by Kielbasa and Gleason found asbestos in samples obtained from the eight sites last November and December. 'I find it in libraries. I find it in classrooms. I find it in hallways. I find it in machinery rooms, near ventilation ducts,' he said."

High style, no class

Date Captured

Friday April 13 2007, 8:24 AM

NY Daily News reports, "City investigators are probing whether bureaucrats built themselves a cozy lounge using money that was supposed to be used to repair crumbling schools, sources told the Daily News. The Education Department's Division of School Facilities - which fixes broken windows, replaces damaged doors and completes other school maintenance - has spent $38,000 for custom bookshelves, electrical wiring and other features inside the room, sources said. But work on the room inside the division's headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, was halted this week after the office of Special Schools Investigator Richard Condon paid a visit, the sources said."

BROOKLYN SCHOOL IN SPACE WAR

Date Captured	Tuesday April 10 2007, 8:44 AM
NY Post David Andreatta reports, "Parents claim the new school would force PS 282 to cram 35 students to a classroom and compromise its art, science and computer-instruction programs."

$187 Million Public School, Under a Cloud in New Jersey

Date Captured

Sunday April 08 2007, 10:41 AM

NY Times WINNIE HU reports, "The new high school here will not be endowed with luxuries like a food court, a swimming pool or a greenhouse, even though at $187 million it is one of the most expensive to be built in the state’s history. It would have cost $30 million more had an additional wing of classrooms and an auxiliary gym not been shelved to save money. As it is, the price tag covers the land, the design and the construction costs for a 407,000-square-foot school on a 26-acre property along Route 27. If it is ever finished. This month, the Schools Construction Corporation, the state agency financing the campus, is expected to suspend work on some of the 40 projects it is developing because it has run out of money."

Charter schools are here to stay

Date Captured

Sunday April 08 2007, 9:50 AM

Times Union Op-Ed contributor THOMAS W. CARROLL opines, "Among the measures rejected during negotiations on the charter-school bill were: a cap on additional charters in Albany and Buffalo, limits on enrollment growth, a 20 percent funding cut for elementary and middle-school charters, automatic unionization, elimination of the ability of charters to contract for management assistance, and subjecting charter school facilities (which receive no state building aid) to prevailing-wage mandates and the state Education Department's onerous building code and approval process. At the same time, charter advocates were able to get language approved making clear that new charters could be granted over district opposition, even in high density districts like Albany and Buffalo, when a significant educational benefit can be shown for students likely to attend a proposed charter school. This was a major child-centered victory. To give Albany, Buffalo and other districts time to adjust to the decisions of thousands of parents to move their children to public charter schools, the Legislature approved state-financed transition aid. This was a reasonable accommodation that the Brighter Choice Foundation and others backed."

CITY SUED OVER SCHOOL PLAN FOR TAINTED LAND

Date Captured	Saturday April 07 2007, 8:59 AM
NY Post David Andreatta reports, "A coalition of South Bronx community groups sued yesterday to stop the city from building what would be New York's largest school complex ever - on contaminated ground. The organization claims the city has failed to live up to a deal to adhere to recommendations made by an environmental consultant for the $235 million plan."

MIKE BLASTS CURBS ON CHARTER SCHOOLS

Date Captured

Tuesday April 03 2007, 8:40 AM

NY Post DAVID SEIFMAN and DAVID ANDREATTA report, "His remarks, made at city Department of Education headquarters during a press conference to invite applications for new charter schools, were interpreted by many as veiled slaps at Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the state and city teachers unions, which championed the initiatives. Among the provisions is a mandate to ensure that proposals to place charter schools inside buildings housing traditional public schools - a common occurrence in a city short on space - would now be subject to a public forum. The initiative is a direct outgrowth of a nasty civic battle last year that pitted a public school for gifted students in Silver's home district against the city, whose plans to have the school share space with a new charter school were ultimately beaten back."

Zoning Changes Proposed to Preserve West Harlem’s Character

Date Captured

Sunday April 01 2007, 10:02 AM

NY Times reports, "Columbia University’s proposal for a $7 billion expansion of its campus on 17 acres in West Harlem has touched off fears that another wave of gentrification will wash over this low-scale neighborhood of tenements, brownstones, housing projects, warehouses and small businesses. Rising rents are already forcing out some longtime residents. Local politicians and community groups fear that Columbia’s project will draw other developers to the surrounding area and displace even more people."

White Plains elementary to be among state's first "green" schools

Date Captured

Monday March 19 2007, 8:38 AM

The Journal News reports, "A closed system of pumps and wells will circulate water through the earth hundreds of feet below a parking lot, then bring it back up to help heat and air-condition the building above. Windows and reflectors will be positioned to flood classrooms and hallways with sunlight instead of tungsten and florescence. Toilets will flush with quarts of water rather than gallons. Recycled steel and other materials will be used in everything from hallway lockers to linoleum tiles. The roof over the auditorium and cafeteria will be planted with grasses and wildflowers, providing a natural insulation. Welcome to the new Post Road Elementary School, a 21st-century showcase for environmentally smart architecture that will replace a 92-year-old building that opened in an era when anyone talking about a green building was referring strictly to its color."

Mount Saint Mary College makes math, science stand out with new $25M addition to campus

Date Captured

Tuesday March 13 2007, 7:40 AM

Times Herald-Record reports, "The nation's shortage of nurses, and math and science teachers is approaching crisis mode. And Mount Saint Mary College has a plan. The answer: a new facility, costing $25 million, that will cover 30,000 square feet and accommodate the school's 2,600 students. 'The Math, Science & Technology Center will serve the entire student body through math, science and information technology requirements in the core curriculum,' said Bryan M. Maloney, the vice president for college advancement. 'It will especially serve nursing, education and science majors in intermediate and advanced courses with labs associated with them.'"

Manhattan: Shortage of High School Seats

Date Captured	Monday March 12 2007, 7:39 AM
NY Times SEWELL CHAN reports, "The New York City Department of Education hopes to improve the high school graduation rate, but has not planned for enough seats to meet that goal, according to a report released yesterday by the city’s public advocate, Betsy Gotbaum."

School bond projects pose a moral and financial choice

Date Captured

Monday February 26 2007, 8:04 AM

Times Herald contributor Roger Ramjug, Newburgh resident and director of facilities for the Marlboro School District opines, "First and foremost, however, is the responsibility to provide a safe environment for children to learn. Both teachers and principals alike will attest to the most disruptive element as being inadequate facilities. It is extremely difficult to keep children focused on academics amidst leaking roofs and pipes, crumbling walls, insufficient heating and ventilation, not to mention inadequate lighting."

New York City principals powerless to quell violence - Public advocate charges DOE is not helping administrators get a handle on woes

Date Captured	Saturday February 24 2007, 2:25 PM
Brooklyn Heights Courier reports, "Some Brooklyn parents suggest that the DOE implement intervention services to prevent disagreements between students from escalating into all-out brawls that put school administrators and staffers in danger. They’ve called for the creation of school-based health centers in more local schools, as the facilities provide medical and psychological care to youths."

Add 4.6B to city's bill

Date Captured	Saturday February 24 2007, 9:17 AM
NY Daily News reports, "The city shelled out $4.6 billion more on construction in the past six years than it had planned - with most of the cost overruns coming from schools and environmental protection projects, a report released yesterday revealed."

Majority of Linn County, Missouri superintendents believe state education funding inadequate -- hinders academic performance

Date Captured

Friday February 23 2007, 7:48 PM

Linn County Leader reports, "When the litigation was initiated on the premise Missouri's new school funding formula is 'inadequate,' the plaintiffs painted with a broad brush, citing the lack of educational programs, facilities, and qualified educators as resources that needed to be propped up with additional state dollars. But Stanford University Economist Eric Hanushek testified on behalf of the state this week that 'any measure that looks only at inputs-i.e., where the dollars go-without also tracking outputs-how students perform-is fundamentally flawed.'"

New Jersey bill removes all mercury products from facilities

Date Captured	Monday January 15 2007, 9:19 AM
Gloucester County Times reports, "Six months before the Kiddie Kollege day care center in Franklin Township was shut down due to mercury contamination, a county environmental group proposed legislation that would have reduced and possibly eliminated mercury in educational facilities statewide."

State aid fuels school construction projects

Date Captured

Sunday January 14 2007, 8:28 AM

Post-Standard reports, "Each district was allocated a share of EXCEL aid in the state budget, based on enrollment and its financial need.However, districts must submit project applications that meet state criteria in order to collect. The project must involve school expansion or renovation, health and safety, accessibility, energy conservation and education technology. More than a dozen districts in Central New York have passed or are putting expansion and renovation projects before voters in coming months. And other districts are beginning to explore their needs to take advantage of the state's largesse. "

District to ask voters for fix-up funding

Date Captured

Saturday January 13 2007, 7:07 AM

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports, "Courts have ruled that the state must increase spending in New York City schools to ensure that all pupils receive a 'sound and basic education.' The state Legislature plans to increase funding to all New York schools and has set up the EXCEL fund to provide $1.8 billion to New York City districts for capital renovation projects and $800 million to schools in the rest of the state. Under the formula, which considers enrollment and student needs, East Irondequoit is eligible for $1.1 million. The state already reimburses the East Irondequoit School District 73.4 percent of the cost of renovation projects. The district says EXCEL funding, plus interest earned by investing project money until needed, could eliminate the local share for the $5.1 million worth of improvements. No tax increase is on the table. The district plans to use the money for projects including roof repair at four schools, safety upgrades at Eastridge High School and electrical work. "

Reforming New York’s Property Tax System: A Report on the January 10 Conference sponsored by the Center for Governmental Research, the Fiscal Policy Institute and the Empire Center of NYS Policy

Date Captured	Thursday January 11 2007, 8:58 AM
Empirepage editor Peter G. Pollak suggests as a step in the right direction, "Reform the Star Program to impose a cap on school district spending increases with provisions for enrollment increases and capital spent on new buildings."

Roosevelt school is late, $10M over cost

Date Captured

Monday January 08 2007, 5:04 AM

Newsday JOHN HILDEBRAND writes, "Construction of a Roosevelt middle school is running $10 million over budget and more than a year behind schedule, according to state officials who blame overruns on the costs of cleaning up toxic pesticides on the site. State authorities add that delays in the middle-school project also will push back planned renovations of Roosevelt High School by a year, and that extra costs for the middle school could force cuts in the amount of work done at the high school."

California child care rating system needed

Date Captured

Friday January 05 2007, 9:57 AM

San Francisco Chronicle reports, "California licenses about 58,000 child care facilities serving 1.2 million children, but little information is readily available to parents about their safety and quality of care. To fix the problem, California should adopt a uniform ratings system, the state Legislative Analyst's Office urged in a report released Thursday." Approximately 13 states have detailed ratings systems while 30 others have partial ratings systems.

AG says Arkansas measures address school funding adequacy

Date Captured

Wednesday January 03 2007, 7:27 AM

Arkansas News reports, "Conducting a comprehensive school finance study and adding nearly $200 million in academic and facilities aid this year fulfilled the state's commitment to adequately funding public schools, the attorney general's office said in state Supreme Court filings Tuesday. Attorney General Mike Beebe's office responded to a Nov. 30 high court order giving the state 30 days to provide information regarding state compliance with the court's December 2005 decision that declared Arkansas' school funding system unconstitutional."

Union-Endicott school district to show school targeted for work

Date Captured	Wednesday January 03 2007, 4:24 AM
Press & Sun-Bulletin reports, "'It's important for the public to get a firsthand look at the school so they can get a feeling of the condition that it's currently in,' said Matt Schroedel, the father of an eighth-grade student at Jennie F. Snapp who chairs the district's facilities committee."

Title IX watch over at Portsmouth Rhode Island school

Date Captured	Friday December 29 2006, 11:28 PM
Newport Daily News reports, "Portsmouth High School's new gym and renovated locker rooms provide equal facilities for girls and boys, according to a recent letter from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights that ends a three-year dispute over gender equity at the school."

Glut of e-mails, documents muddy efforts to review Lansing construction plan

Date Captured

Friday December 29 2006, 5:47 AM

Ithaca Journal reports, "In July, David Dubin made his first request using the state Freedom of Information Law for information on the Lansing Central School's construction plans. By year's end, he has filed a third request, an exercise in citizen persistence that can be required when using the state's records access law. So far Dubin has received 120 e-mails, 50 attachments on the school district's project, but after five months, he still hasn't received the information he believes belongs to the public and is necessary to determining the future of the Lansing Central School District facilities."

Study prods U-E, M-E to opt against consolidation

Date Captured	Friday December 22 2006, 5:46 AM
Press & Sun-Bulletin reports, "The Maine-Endwell and Union-Endicott school districts have decided not to consolidate transportation facilities and bus maintenance services because the move would increase -- not decrease -- costs to taxpayers, according to a study."

Committee to monitor district's $100M plan

Date Captured

Friday December 15 2006, 4:43 AM

UticaOD.com reports the committee will be responsible for, "•Determining and prioritizing the district's needs. •Ensuring appropriate public input is sought. •Seeking other community members with backgrounds in education, finance, construction, engineering and other areas, who will contribute to the building plan and the project's execution. •Providing advice and oversight to ensure the project is executed in a timely and professional manner."

Disabled students: We'll sue college

Date Captured	Thursday December 14 2006, 8:04 AM
NY Daily News reports, "In their complaint, the students claim that the school denies access to disabled entrances by locking elevators and lifts; does not offer disabled rest rooms in some buildings, and fails to put up proper signage for disabled access. Brooklyn College officials disagreed with the claims."

Plans for SUNY Orange campus in Newburgh scaled down

Date Captured	Wednesday December 13 2006, 6:10 PM
Times Herald-Record Brendan Scott reports, "Citing the realities of purse and politics, county decision makers have tempered the sprawling scale of the SUNY Orange campus planned for downtown Newburgh."

Schools look at shared services

Date Captured	Wednesday December 13 2006, 9:38 AM
Buffalo News reports, "Possible shared services include equipment, sports facilities and administration. Fredonia Superintendent Paul DiFonzo is Fredonia's lead applicant contact person for the grant."

Newburgh shuns $99.5M school bond

Date Captured

Wednesday December 13 2006, 5:37 AM

Times Herald-Record reports, "The big daddy of them all was the Newburgh School District's proposed $99.5 million bond, which it put to the mercy of voters yesterday. The turnout was good: 2,731 voters. But 1,411 voted no. 'We lost by 91 votes,' said District Spokesman Tom Fitzgerald. 'I can't believe it. We had everything going for us.' To Orange County's largest district, 'everything' included an 86 percent reimbursement rate from the state on all aidable building projects, a strong public-relations campaign and a winning record."

5 Schools are Being Phased Out

Date Captured

Tuesday December 12 2006, 5:07 AM

NY Post David Andreatta reports, "As the multiple grades at these schools are phased out, they will be replaced by single grades of new theme schools. Officials said the number of small schools and their specialties are still being determined, although sources indicated Lafayette may play host to schools catering to immigrant students with limited English and students interested in pharmacology. The restructuring comes at a sensitive time for all of the schools, but especially for Lafayette, whose growing pains under a new principal has been the focus of several news articles."

Class dismissed

Date Captured

Tuesday December 12 2006, 4:25 AM

NY Daily News reports on NYC schools closings, "'It is no secret that there have been problems at Lafayette, so its closing is not surprising,' said United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. 'As to Lafayette, we are working with the DOE to create a redesigned school - and potentially two new schools - that parents will want to send their children to and where educators will want to teach,' she said."

SUNY Cobleskill gets $1M to not let waste go to waste

Date Captured	Monday December 11 2006, 7:00 AM
The Daily Star reports, "The funding is coming from the Department of Defense because the Pentagon would someday like to have mobile bio-waste to bio-energy facilities that can be used on its bases, said Holly Cargill-Cramer, SUNY Cobleskill director of public relations. But the technology will first be used to benefit the SUNY Cobleskill campus, where the plant will be located, she said."

After Council Balks, Bronx Schools Project Is Withdrawn

Date Captured

Thursday December 07 2006, 3:22 AM

NY Times reports, "The small schools have been widely criticized for taking fewer special education students and children with limited English proficiency than other schools. The city’s admissions rules allow officials in the small schools to control admission to their freshman class, giving preference to students who express interest by attending open houses or information fairs. Any remaining slots are distributed to applicants randomly by a computer system. "

Bricks or Professors? A University’s Choice

Date Captured

Wednesday December 06 2006, 3:55 AM

NY Times contributor Samuel G. Freedman, professor of journalism at Columbia University writes, "After T. K. Wetherell was appointed president of Florida State in early 2003, and as the building costs escalated, the university decided to drop the endowed positions and to construct a more general kind of chemistry center. So Professor Holton sued in state circuit court to get his money back. This fall, a judge ordered Florida State to return $11 million plus interest — $13.5 million in all — to the professor’s foundation, while permitting the university to keep and spend the $18.5 million from the professor’s lab account however it wishes."

Online learning demand outgrowing supply at Empire State College, ACC

Date Captured	Tuesday December 05 2006, 1:29 PM
Post-Star reports, "The Sloan study showed that 38 percent of chief academic officers found that online courses presented several barriers, including more time and effort to prepare the courses, students needing more self-discipline to succeed, and faculty often aren't convinced online learning is worthwhile."

College Libraries Vie for Student Traffic

Date Captured	Sunday December 03 2006, 2:52 PM
NPR interview: "Many college libraries are working hard to attract young scholars to facilities that no longer serve as a gathering place. In-room Internet access is a major competitor. The head of libraries for the University of Massachusetts, Jay Schaefer, tells Scott Simon about the changes at his library's W.E.B. DuBois building."

Putting schools and heads together

Date Captured	Sunday December 03 2006, 2:38 PM
Buffalo News reports, "Over the next three weeks, city residents are being given the opportunity to look at proposals the Niagara Falls School Board is considering to consolidate schools. While they learn about the plans, they also will be asked to share ideas that might improve upon them."

Idaho Supreme Court is giving Legislature time to come up with funding structure

Date Captured	Saturday December 02 2006, 9:14 AM
Idaho Statesman reports, "Idaho is the only state in the nation that requires a two-thirds supermajority to borrow money to build or improve a school and doesn't offer state cash to help pay for the bricks and mortar."

Colleges scramble to meet housing demand

Date Captured

Saturday December 02 2006, 8:23 AM

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports, "Numerous colleges locally are on a housing construction spree. State University College at Brockport is building 200 beds worth of townhouse-style housing on campus; it is scheduled to be open in the fall 2007, as is a complex of 366 beds being built at Monroe Community College. Nazareth College will start construction in May on a 150-bed residence hall, the same month SUNY Geneseo plans to start construction on an 80-bed connector between two residence halls. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, having recently finished $21 million worth of residence hall renovations over five years, is already talking about other housing options."

Middletown School District set for vote on $33M plan

Date Captured

Saturday December 02 2006, 7:20 AM

Times Herald-Record reports, "The first proposition focuses on roof replacement, building upgrades and improving athletic facilities throughout schools in the district. The bulk of the cost will be covered by state aid. The district's federal reserve fund balance will cover the rest of the cost of proposition one. Repairs made under proposition one will not cost local taxpayers, Superintendent Kenneth Eastwood said. 'We are worried that down the road something may happen to the state aid,' Eastwood said. 'We are very concerned that if we don't take the opportunity that sits in front of us, we may lose it.'"

Wyoming School District Raises Facilities, Test Scores

Date Captured	Thursday November 30 2006, 8:57 PM
NPR reports, "Thanks to swollen state coffers, Wyoming is now spending more on its schools than most other states. One rural district, Pinedale, is especially benefiting. That district is in a building frenzy. And it has some of the highest scores on the state's assessment test."

New rules for Massachusetts school contracts

Date Captured

Thursday November 30 2006, 9:31 AM

Boston Globe reports, "Under a law passed in 2004, school building committees will be required beginning next year to hire independent project managers approved by the authority to oversee construction projects costing more than $1.5 million, a step Craven [executive director of the Massachusetts School Building Authority] said she expects will significantly improve accountability and quality. A second step scheduled to take effect in June aims to weed out bad architects, whom contractors have sometimes blamed for construction problems. A new state review board will scrutinize bidders on each school design contract and provide a short list of reputable candidates to local school building committees."

Saugerties school voters OK added funding

Date Captured	Wednesday November 29 2006, 9:39 AM
Daily Freeman reports, "EXCEL aid, which stands for Expanding Our Children's Education and Learning, will fund $1,081,000 of the proposed project; the remaining $1,674,000 will come from regular state building aid, according to district Business Administrator Joseph Dziadik."

Bond vote will determine Newburgh schools' future

Date Captured

Wednesday November 29 2006, 7:41 AM

Times Herald-Record opines, "The current configuration clearly does not benefit all students. Freshmen are forced to go to school with much younger children at the district's junior highs, and, if they fail a class, there's no option but to repeat an entire year at their school instead of moving on to NFA. Under the new plan, NFA wouldn't be expanded, but North Junior High would be transformed into a fourth 'house' (the school currently has three, much in the way universities have different colleges within their systems), thereby spreading students out over two buildings. Middle school-age students would have options, too: to either go to one of the district's junior highs or the building currently under renovation on West Street. Or students could attend one of the newly expanded K-8 schools."

D.C. Superintendent Janey Seeks Time to Turn Around Schools

Date Captured

Wednesday November 29 2006, 6:45 AM

Washington Post reports, "Janey called for laying 'a new foundation' for schools that includes higher academic standards, more rigorous student assessment and modernized facilities. It was his first-ever 'State of the Schools' speech, as well as his first formal public statement since his future came into question when Mayor-elect Adrian M. Fenty said in September that he might seek to take over the schools."

Act On Fact: Using Data to Improve Student Success.

Date Captured

Monday November 27 2006, 3:28 PM

CCSSE has released its 2006 National Report, Act On Fact: Using Data to Improve Student Success. This report asks the questions, "Which students are having a more productive college experience? For whom is our current practice working? Who, if anyone, might be left behind? What are the differences in various students’ experiences? Are certain practices mandatory for some students but not for others? Should they be required for all students? What practices are built into the classroom experience now? Should we incorporate more expectations, activities, or services into coursework?"

Taxes key to state schools' decline

Date Captured

Sunday November 26 2006, 1:56 PM

Contra Costa Times reports, "California spent $7,860 on each student in its public education system while states across the nation spent an average $8,807 per pupil in the 2003-2004 academic year, according to Ed-Data, published by the state Department of Education. By comparison, New York spent $12,408 per pupil that year. The consequences of this spending shortfall are crowded classrooms with high student-to-teacher ratios, older textbooks and facilities. California's student-to-teacher ratio is 20.6-to-1, while the U.S. average is 15.8-to-1, according to Ed-Data."

Recommendations for Berlin Central School District discussed

Date Captured	Wednesday November 22 2006, 7:13 AM
Troy Record reports, ""The charge to the committee, a 25-member group of parents, teachers, staffers and other stakeholders, was to explore long and short term solutions to the table for the board to consider. With the help of Questar III, the committee explored a number of options and outlined the pros and cons of each option. Now the board will have to determine which options to take."

'School Squeeze' Protest

Date Captured	Wednesday November 22 2006, 6:06 AM
NY Post David Andreatta reports, "At a meeting with Department of Education officials following the protest, parents voiced concerns about safety, overcrowding and the agency's refusal to commit to its own projected timetable to move the Columbia school to a new location in two to three years. "

Manhattan: Parents Protest Columbia Plan

Date Captured	Wednesday November 22 2006, 3:26 AM
NY Times reports, "Much of the anger from parents seemed to stem from the fact that preliminary decisions were made without them."

TOP NEW YORK COURT SUBTRACTS $3.7B FROM SCHOOLS

Date Captured

Tuesday November 21 2006, 5:57 AM

NY Post Kenneth Lovett and David Andreatta report, "The school-funding ruling yesterday by the state Court of Appeals: * Requires state to increase operating aid to city schools by a minimum $1.93 billion annually. * Leaves final decision on spending above $1.93 billion with governor and Legislature, not courts. * Rejected state argument for a new office to monitor spending. * Tossed a lower court's order requiring $9.2 billion in additional school capital spending."

Beacon board set to take back old school

Date Captured

Monday November 20 2006, 6:49 AM

The Poughkeepsie Journal reports, "Beacon's Board of Education on Monday is expected to act upon a resolution that expresses support for transferring the title of the former Beacon High School from a nonprofit organization back to the Beacon City School District. The Beacon Cultural Foundation, which develops and promotes artistic and cultural community programs and activities, purchased the 121,000-square-foot Fishkill Avenue property from the district in 2003 for $4.25 million."

Rethinking Newburgh schools

Date Captured

Monday November 20 2006, 5:01 AM

Times Herald-Record reports, "Ideas on how to relocate the freshmen have been batted around for decades, but studies now indicate that cutting out the middleman — junior highs and middle schools — and returning to K-8 and 9-12 grade structures, could be better for all students. That's the route the Newburgh School District would like to pursue, and officials say they have a master plan that would work, but only if voters pass next month's $99.5 million bond. Rearranging students in the county's largest district is like tearing apart a 13,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, then putting it back together again, but with 14,000 pieces. That's how many students a live-birth analysis shows Newburgh schools enrolling by the year 2014."

New York schools' building bonanza

Date Captured

Monday November 20 2006, 5:00 AM

Times Herald-Record reports, "A one-time dose of state money injected into local school districts has fueled a frenzy of expansion and construction proposals. Eight districts have either gone to voters recently or plan to do so next month. The state Department of Education expects to see an increase in proposals as well. The state sweetened the pot this year with aid dubbed "Excel," or Expand Our Childrens' Education and Learning aid. Every district in the state can get the money if they have a project that fits: expansion or renovations, technology, health and safety, or access for the disabled. The money is a one-time shot. Districts can wait, but no one knows how much money future Legislatures and governors will set aside for the program."

In West Harlem Land Dispute, It’s Columbia vs. Residents

Date Captured

Monday November 20 2006, 4:00 AM

NY Times reports, "When Columbia University announced plans three years ago to expand by building on 17 acres in West Harlem, the university stressed that it would work with its neighbors rather than risk stirring up long-held animosities. Jordi Reyes-Montblanc, chairman of the local community board, says Columbia University has done little to gain residents’ trust. But before the release of an environmental report for the $7 billion project, opponents say Columbia has antagonized Harlem residents by insisting that it has the right to seek eminent domain to force property owners out. 'On a scale of 1 to 10, Columbia is a minus 5 in terms of trust,' said Jordi Reyes-Montblanc, chairman of the local community board. 'I honestly believe that Columbia has made a tremendous effort to overcome its history, but in the process, they’ve made so many snafus that it hasn’t really helped them.'”

SUNY leader urges 'K-16' education path

Date Captured

Saturday November 18 2006, 3:30 PM

Kingston Freeman reports on Chancellor Ryan, K-16 education and workforce preparation, "The Center for Excellence program supports major upgrades of research facilities and other high technology and biotechnology capital projects, allowing colleges, universities and research institutions to secure research funding that could lead to new job creation. Four of the six current Centers for Excellence are located on the SUNY campuses in Buffalo, Albany Binghamton, and Stony Brook."

Bear Stearns is Bulli$h on New York City Schools

Date Captured	Friday November 17 2006, 5:18 AM
NY Post reports, "Bear Stearns is underwriting $650 million worth of bonds that will help pay for new city schools, officials announced yesterday."

Schools too good, Mike says

Date Captured

Friday November 17 2006, 5:08 AM

NY Daily News ERIN EINHORN reports, "One of the reasons city schools are overcrowded is because they're getting better, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. While announcing the first of a series of bond deals to finance his five-year, $4.7 billion school construction plan, the mayor said his efforts to give kids more space is 'being exacerbated by the fact that our schools are getting better and parents are more inclined to stay in the city as their children get older.'"

Hyde Park school district vows state will pay

Date Captured

Thursday November 16 2006, 6:55 AM

Poughkeepsie Journal reports, "Hyde Park schools have qualified for $1,479,243 in state funding for building improvements through the Expanding our Children's Education and Learning program. These funds can also be used to secure another $1.79 million in state aid. This will provide the district with $3,265,000 for its various building upgrades and repairs. The district, however, must receive voter approval to receive any of the funds because the money is initially borrowed by the district and later reimbursed by the state. The district plans to borrow the money over a 16-year period. Board members say the state takes into account the interest costs for borrowing."

Hands off our school!

Date Captured

Thursday November 16 2006, 4:55 AM

NY Daily News reports on plans to tear down an upper East Side [New York City], "Supporters say the building, once known as Julia Rikers for its dangerous reputation, has reinvented itself as a home for six notable schools, including a performing arts high school, a school for autistic children and a school created to serve children of people who work in the area. Their objections were highlighted yesterday by Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez.."

New York City parents angry over nixed school meeting

Date Captured	Wednesday November 15 2006, 4:55 AM
NY Daily News reports, "They [parents] are concerned the addition of middle-school students will disrupt the character of PS 36, which enrolls children in prekindergarten through second grade, and decried a lack of parent input in the Education Department's decision."

Maritime school's Gov. Island getaway

Date Captured	Tuesday November 14 2006, 4:52 AM
NY Daily News reports, "The Department of Education {New York City] and the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corp. are in talks to move the 400-student school from Brooklyn to the 172-acre island off Manhattan's southern tip, officials said."

Asbestos in Schools

Date Captured	Friday November 10 2006, 8:20 AM
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Reminder of Annual AHERA Notifications to Employees and Parents

Date Captured

Friday November 10 2006, 8:16 AM

Public and nonpublic schools must also provide a written notification to all parent, teacher, and employee organizations of the availability of the school’s asbestos management plan for public inspection. A description of the steps to notify these organizations, as well as a dated copy of the notification, is to be maintained in the asbestos plan. The asbestos management plans are to be made available for inspection to representatives of the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the State, the public, including parents, teachers, and other school personnel within five working days after receiving a request for its inspection.

Vote next month on Newburgh school bond

Date Captured	Friday November 10 2006, 6:31 AM
Times Herald-Record reports, "But the bulk of the bond [$99.5 million], about 50 percent, would go toward turning some elementary schools into K-eight facilities. The district wants to build a 600-student complex on its 8-acre Chestnut Street site and add seventh and eighth grades to the Meadow Hill and Temple Hill schools."

New York City schools shakeup fury

Date Captured

Friday November 10 2006, 4:35 AM

NY Daily News Erin Einhorn reports, ""Every single year that I've been involved in the school issue, it's been a fight from one borough to another and from one district to another over a totally insufficient pie,' said Leonie Haimson of the advocacy group Class Size Matters. Officials have proposed cutting seven schools from its five-year construction plan because of increased costs." Hearings on the construction plans will be held.

OSHA Investigating Dispute Over Asbestos Removal at New York City School

Date Captured	Friday November 10 2006, 3:16 AM
NY Times reports, "Last week, the New York State Labor Department, contacted by a lawyer for the custodian, cited the city Department of Education for violating laws on the safe removal of asbestos. It said the Education Department’s asbestos-handling license had expired before some of the tiles were replaced and that the supervisor was not certified to perform the work."

Staten Island High School Athletic Fields In Dangerous State Of Disrepair

Date Captured	Thursday November 09 2006, 6:56 AM
NY1 reports, "Years of neglect have left a Staten Island high school athletic field in a dangerous state of disrepair, and some parents and administrators are asking for help, before a student is hurt."

SCHENECTADY schools look for repairs

Date Captured

Thursday November 09 2006, 5:27 AM

Times Union reports, "Funding for the project would come partially from the 'EXpanding our Children's Education and Learning,' or EXCEL, program, which addresses school facility needs in New York. School officials say they have been earmarked for $7.6 million in EXCEL money. Additionally, the district also enjoys a generous reimbursement rate from the state for facility upgrades, Janiszewski said."

New York City school construction plan loses 7 buildings, 3,000 seats

Date Captured

Thursday November 09 2006, 4:39 AM

NY Daily News reports, "'We looked at the demographics and don't need the extra 3,000 seats to alleviate overcrowding,' said Jeff Shear, Klein's chief of staff for finance and administration. Instead, Shear said, the Education Department will build permanent homes for some schools now located in rental buildings. With that construction, the total number of seats built will still be 66,000 - but only 63,000 will be new capacity."

$142 million in school fixes weighed

Date Captured	Wednesday November 08 2006, 7:13 AM
Poughkeepsie Journal reports, "The increase does not include operating costs or the costs of hiring more teachers and staff for the buildings."

LIU opens high-tech model classroom in Rockland

Date Captured

Wednesday November 08 2006, 6:30 AM

The Journal News reports, "But Melody Hockley, an English as a second language teacher at Eldorado Elementary School in Chestnut Ridge, was more skeptical. She predicted a continuing disparity between what was available to teachers in their classrooms and what was available at LIU. The amenities and equipment in the room, she said, 'is more for the manufacturers to show off what they can do.' 'It looks nice and pretty," she said, 'but if there are budget problems, it's not getting into the classroom.'"

Paterson Schools chief has plan to succeed and he's sticking to it

Date Captured	Monday November 06 2006, 11:04 AM
NorthJersey.com reports, "Since being appointed schools superintendent by the state Board of Education in July 2005, Glascoe has unveiled an aggressive vision that includes academic and administrative change: to enhance student achievement; to improve inadequate, and in some cases, crumbling school infrastructure; and to better engage the school district with the entire community."

Arizona Statue University campus could house nonstudents

Date Captured	Tuesday October 31 2006, 7:29 AM
ASU Web Devil reports, "While the American Campus Communities private development is expected to house mostly upperclassmen and graduate students, ACC may open the residence to nonstudents if the building is not fully occupied."

Ithaca Central Schools consider security upgrades: Key card access, cameras may be part of project

Date Captured

Thursday October 26 2006, 7:29 AM

Ithaca Journal reports, "Security upgrades costing an estimated $500,000, including a combination of cameras and a key card access system, could be part of an Ithaca City School District facilities bond project. The proposed key card access system, as outlined for the Board of Education on Tuesday, would allow the district to lock or unlock doors and windows through its data network. Facilities Director Paul Alexander said a new access system that would use key cards would save the district time and money."

Pittsburgh city district putting heat on charter school students

Date Captured	Wednesday October 25 2006, 7:09 AM
Post-Gazette reports, "The Pittsburgh Public Schools yesterday sent a letter to Pittsburgh's district judges, asking for their help in enforcing compulsory attendance laws involving students at the Career Connections Charter Middle School."

Portable classrooms remain a fact of life at public schools

Date Captured	Monday October 23 2006, 7:57 PM
Sun-Sentinel reports, "Schools need extra classrooms because of class-size reduction rules that set a target teacher-student ratio of 1 to 18 in the early grades, 1 to 22 in the middle grades and 1 to 25 in high schools."

Schools may isolate some foreign students

Date Captured

Sunday October 22 2006, 9:02 AM

Sun-Sentinel reports, "Some St. Lucie County [Florida] children speaking languages other than English at home may find themselves at an immersion institute next year to boost their literacy skills. But some parents say the plan smacks of segregation for foreign-born kids. Top testing, finance and facilities officials are working on key details of the plan that effectively might pool some Hispanic and other foreign children together and keep their FCAT scores off some schools' books. If the plan moves forward, it could change based on funding and classroom space."

New York State comptroller’s audit alleges school district wasted $12 million in taxpayer money

Date Captured

Tuesday October 17 2006, 8:19 PM

Mid-Hudson News reports, "The audit charged the district wasted $12.5 million in taxpayer money because the district did not property address building occupancy levels and declining enrollment, which led to the closure of the Delaware Valley and Narrowsburg school buildings. The audit also said the district did not realize $2.1 million in savings due to economies of scale in staffing levels because it did not have a comprehensive strategic plan in place."

SCHOOLS 'DEVELOP' $TRATEGY

Date Captured	Sunday October 15 2006, 7:56 AM
NY Post reports, "Under the program, the city issues bonds to developers to rebuild and expand existing school sites alongside residential, commercial or office space."

Integrate University at Buffalo, downtown

Date Captured

Friday October 13 2006, 9:34 AM

Buffalo News opined, "UB students of architecture and urban planning could benefit from a downtown school that would put them near the terra cotta-clad Guaranty Building, art deco City Hall, glimmering Hauptman-Woodward Research Institute and other structural gems. Law students at a downtown school would have easy access to the courts and the area's major law firms. The university could perform a role in helping boost the city's economic development, urban education and neighborhood stabilization. And downtown would benefit from the students' vitality and the attendant economic benefits, from housing to restaurants, that their presence inevitably would bring."

Hudson Valley schools face crowding

Date Captured

Monday October 09 2006, 7:33 AM

The Times Herald-Record reports, "Of 136 school buildings, nine had their space adequacy rated as 'poor' — the lowest ranking — while 48 were rated 'fair' by professional engineers and architects who conducted the surveys last year. The rest earned the top ranking of 'good.' The classroom crunch might surprise taxpayers who, through borrowing, have funded a construction boom for nearly the past two decades. From 1987 to 2005, school districts in Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties have spent more than $1.2 billion for new buildings, renovations, alterations and additions. Those projects added about 14.5 million square feet of space, according to state Education Department figures. That's roughly the equivalent of 70 super Wal-Mart stores."

Mall might house Washington state high school

Date Captured	Sunday October 08 2006, 9:24 AM
The News Tribune reports, "The Tacoma, Bethel and Franklin Pierce school districts are partnering with the mall and a community group to open an alternative high school program at the shopping center, according to representatives from the districts and the group."

New York City Schools Find Millions in the Bus Rides Not Taken

Date Captured	Friday October 06 2006, 3:17 AM
NY Times reports, "To halt the waste, officials said, the city is requiring for the first time that the children who are eligible for bus service must register for it. In addition, bus companies would be paid only for children who actually ride buses. Children who receive free public transportation must also register to receive MetroCards."

New SUNY campus

Date Captured	Thursday October 05 2006, 6:46 AM
Newsday editorial opined, "It took a coalition of public officials, private citizens and academic leaders to turn gloom into triumph, and turn Southampton College into Stony Brook Southampton, the newest SUNY campus. It all came together gloriously yesterday, with a joyful ceremony marking the transfer of ownership. Now the real work begins."

Nonprofit builds new school playground

Date Captured	Thursday October 05 2006, 6:35 AM
The Daily News reports, "It's the first project completed by Out2Play, dedicated to building and refurbishing city public school playgrounds. 'A lot of schools don't have gymnasiums or that kind of thing," she said. "We want to give them an outdoor space where they're encouraged to be physically active'"

Proposed Legislation To Get Lead Out of Child Care Facilities

Date Captured	Wednesday October 04 2006, 1:02 AM
WIFR reports, "The Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2006 requires all non-home-based child care facilities to be certified lead-safe in five years. It establishes a five-year, $42.6 million grant program to help communities reduce lead exposure in day care centers, Head Start programs and kindergartens. It also establishes best practices for communities to test for and reduce lead hazards."

D.C. Charters on Rise; Quality Unequal

Date Captured	Tuesday October 03 2006, 8:42 AM
The Washington Post reports, "The number of District charter schools has grown dramatically in the past 10 years, but the quality has been uneven, and officials should consider closing low-performing schools, according to findings in a study to be released today."

Conditions at many schools 'unsatisfactory,' surveys find

Date Captured	Monday October 02 2006, 6:58 AM
Times Herald-Record Kristina Wells reports, "Roughly 20 percent of the region's schools {mid-Hudson Valley] were rated overall 'unsatisfactory' for having outdated or inoperable smoke alarm systems, sagging floors or ceilings, antiquated fire escapes and even vermin infestation, according to comprehensive building condition surveys conducted a year ago."

Classrooms bursting at seams - union

Date Captured	Wednesday September 27 2006, 4:46 AM
NY Daily News reports, "Thousands of city classrooms are severely overcrowded with kids sitting on radiators and teachers struggling to learn three dozen names each period, union officials charged yesterday."

Maine-Endwell Central School District Board of Education decision reflects the district's needs

Date Captured

Sunday September 24 2006, 9:56 AM

Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin contributor Waneta Griffin, president of the Maine-Endwell Board of Education writes, "The board developed the proposed capital improvement plan after receiving input from a volunteer group of residents called the Capital Project Facilities Committee. The project contains work identified by that group. The district also held two public meetings where comments were encouraged and recorded. Further, district administrators, board members and project professionals requested and received community feedback through surveys and other communications. The project team worked diligently to create a plan that addresses the district's education and infrastructure needs, and maintains fiscal responsibility."

Schools get space-d out

Date Captured

Sunday September 24 2006, 7:39 AM

NY Daily News reports, "Plans to build schools in the Rockaways are far behind the number of new homes already built, Hooks and others on the education council said. As part of Mayor Bloomberg's multibillion-dollar school construction plan to relieve overcrowding in city schools, 2,597 new seats are planned for District 27, which includes the Rockaways, by 2009. Exactly where those seats will be, and what form they will take, has not been determined, said Kelly Devers, an Education Department spokeswoman. At least one new charter school, which is expected to serve up to 800 kindergarten- grade 8 students, has been planned in conjunction with the construction of Arverne by the Sea, a multimillion-dollar, 2,300-unit condo development on the eastern end of the peninsula."

Accountability in Syracuse

Date Captured	Friday September 22 2006, 6:05 AM
The Post-Standard reports Syracuse's $900 million school renovation project's website will allow people to "easily access information on the project and monitor progress." The website address is: http://www.syracuse.ny.us/jscb.us/.

New York charter school eyes sanctions over hazard

Date Captured	Wednesday September 20 2006, 9:43 AM
Newsday JOHN HILDEBRAND writes, "State monitors are urging that a Roosevelt charter school acclaimed for its academic prowess be put on probation, after the school allowed 150 students to start classes in a building that has no fire-sprinkler system."

Niagara Falls school district, hospital receive share of casino revenue

Date Captured	Wednesday September 20 2006, 8:38 AM
Buffalo News reports, "The mayor handed the school's check Monday to Niagara Falls City School Board President Robert Kazeangin Jr., who said the money will be spent on undetermined capital projects."

Community needs to analyze bond requests

Date Captured

Wednesday September 20 2006, 7:50 AM

Ithaca Journal guest columnist Allen Lambert, former member of the Ithaca City School District Board of Education writes, "Of what use is a public hearing when citizens do not have details to comment on, or when it is too late to influence a decision? No information was available to the public until the evening of Sept. 7. And little detail has been published in newspapers so citizens can begin to examine particulars. Yet, the board of education is expected to make a huge decision without adequate time for itself or the community."

Ithaca Central School District bond project: Focus on discussion, not false deadlines

Date Captured	Wednesday September 20 2006, 7:48 AM
Ithaca Journal opined, "With no pressing crisis to resolve, district officials, board members and ICSD residents must spend the time needed to thoroughly analyze options and build community consensus on how to proceed — and let the timeline assemble itself as it may."

Florida class-size limits again prod large cash request

Date Captured

Tuesday September 19 2006, 11:40 PM

The News-Press reports, "The State Board of Education is seeking $5.7 billion from lawmakers next year for operating and construction costs, a year after the Legislature approved its largest spending boost to shrink classes since voters approved the 2002 amendment. That amount includes $714 million in new money for teachers, supplies, transportation and other operational costs, and nearly $2.9 billion to build new, permanent classrooms in overcrowded school districts."

Backers Pleased that Michigan Communities Are Talking About School Development and Land Use

Date Captured

Tuesday September 19 2006, 8:42 AM

Smart Growth reports, "Since 1994 Proposal A cut property taxes in half, spurring district requests for new taxes 'to build trophy schools,' Michigan public school construction debt has 'ballooned from $4 billion to more than $12 billion,' with 278 older schools closed and more than 500 new ones opened. The related outflow from cities, backed by the ''school choice'' policy, is shifting the urban tax base to suburban districts, with '$7,200 in state funds attached to each youngster.'''

New turf fields mean more playing time for Suffern athletes

Date Captured	Tuesday September 19 2006, 6:23 AM
The Journal News reports, "Two new artificial-turf fields have been installed at Suffern Middle School, part of the Ramapo Central School District's $5.2 million project to upgrade its middle school athletic complex."

D.C. Parents Oppose Special-Ed 'Inclusion': Disabled Would Suffer, Critics Say

Date Captured

Sunday September 17 2006, 10:21 AM

The Washington Post reports on Washington, D.C. schools and special education inclusion, "D.C. School Superintendent Clifford B. Janey plans to return about 2,000 disabled students in private schools to the public system and close four special-education centers, moves aimed at saving money by integrating the children into the general education population. His proposal, released last week and already drawing fire, is included in a $2.3 billion, 15-year master facilities plan to upgrade the system. The master plan calls for renovating 121 schools and closing 19."

Johnson City schools seek input on funds

Date Captured

Sunday September 17 2006, 9:42 AM

Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin reports on EXCEL, a one-time allocation to help school districts fund new building projects, "The Johnson City Central School District received an unexpected gift in April when state lawmakers approved $2 million more in building aid for the district. Now, school board members are asking the public to help determine how to spend the money. They are asking district residents to participate in focus group sessions in October to get feedback on the best use of the $2,030,375 coming to Johnson City under EXCEL, or Expanding our Children's Education and Learning."

Toughen home day care enforcement? No

Date Captured

Sunday September 17 2006, 9:12 AM

NY Daily News Op-Ed contributors Sandra Robinson, family day-care provider in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Ilana Berger, Director of Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE) opined, "Ironically, rather than improving safety conditions, the new rules would force desperate parents to leave children in more dangerous situations. They would have to scramble to find ad hoc care or potentially leave their kids entirely unsupervised."

Toughen home day care enforcement? Yes

Date Captured

Sunday September 17 2006, 8:56 AM

NY Daily News Op-Ed contributor ELLIOTT MARCUS, associate commissioner overseeing the city Health Department's Bureau of Day Care opined, "An example of an issue we reviewed was what's called the "egress" policy. City and state laws require two means of exiting any building that houses a child-care center. The rule is meant to ensure that in the event of an emergency, children can be evacuated quickly and safely. We looked carefully at the policy's implementation, working closely with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services and the Fire Department. We met with community groups and considered the characteristics of the city's housing stock as well as the economic interests of providers who offer care in their homes."

Sullivan pledges $7.5M for a greener Sullivan County Community College

Date Captured	Friday September 15 2006, 6:57 AM
Times Herald-Record reports, "The high-performance building would house new programs for students in environmental technology, energy services technology, wind power and environmental science."

White Plains to discuss school bond proposal and property taxes

Date Captured

Monday September 11 2006, 6:05 AM

THE JOURNAL NEWS reports, "'I understand things need to be fixed, but I don't believe that it's a hazardous building, and I don't believe that what they're adding is what the school system needs,' said Charles Lederman, a resident who served on a district budget committee when the plan was under consideration last year. Lederman said the Post Road School plan merely 'spends close to $40 million to make a beautiful, modern schoolhouse that will look very nice in real estate brochures.'"

Albany charter schools display sharing spirit

Date Captured	Monday September 11 2006, 5:08 AM
Times Union Rick Karlin reports, "The schools share a renovated building at 42 S. Dove St. in the city's South End. The Brighter Choice Foundation, which owns the building, helps charter schools get started with financing and advice."

Overcrowded New York City schools still big problem

Date Captured	Friday September 08 2006, 8:26 AM
Queens Courier reports, "By 2009, an additional 50,000 seats will have been added citywide - in both new and restructured schools - at an estimated cost of $10.5 billion."

Syracuse board hears unions' pitch

Date Captured	Friday September 08 2006, 6:08 AM
Post-Standard reports, "Towsley [Central and Northern New York Building Trades Council] said the arrangement can save money, get Syracuse students trained through union apprenticeship programs, increase women and minority participation and increase safety."

Obtaining people's trust is district aim: Hyde Park looks to build support

Date Captured	Tuesday September 05 2006, 6:06 AM
The Poughkeepsie Journal reports, "Stung by budget defeats in May and last year, the school board is determined to gain community support for upcoming votes on building upgrades. These are among the eight goals the Hyde Park school board is proposing to adopt for the 2006-07 school year."

Northeastern Clinton Central School estimates costs for facilities improvements

Date Captured	Monday September 04 2006, 10:24 AM
Press Republican reports, "Early estimates show Northeastern Clinton Central School taxpayers' pockets would be harder hit by construction of a completely new consolidated elementary facility than if the existing buildings were expanded and renovated. That's because state aid for the former would come in at about 82 percent versus an estimated 58 percent for a stand-alone building."

More students come home to Onondaga Community College: With residence halls, college's enrollment rises by about 15 percent

Date Captured	Sunday September 03 2006, 2:53 PM
Post-Standard reports, "With the new residence halls, fall enrollment at OCC is about 15 percent higher than last year. There are about 70 students on a waiting list for a dorm room."

Contractors fuel Broward School Board campaigns with tens of thousands in checks

Date Captured	Friday September 01 2006, 10:50 AM
Sun-Sentinel reports, "The biggest single contributors to this year's Broward County School Board campaigns are not parents, teachers or activists, but companies and their lobbyists seeking part of the school's $2.3 billion in construction over the next five years."

Building bigger, better, costlier schools

Date Captured

Wednesday August 30 2006, 11:59 AM

The Journal News reports, "As the school year approaches, a flurry of activity is kicking up at schools throughout the region as districts race to finish summertime construction projects. Following a national trend of schools' spending more money on expanding, renovating and repairing their facilities, local schools are building new labs, adding to instructional space and making renovations to save on energy costs. However, some districts are following another national trend, as they find that construction projects will be more expensive than expected. The unanticipated increases can run from the thousands into the millions of dollars."

BRONX SCHOOL TO OPEN DOORS

Date Captured	Wednesday August 30 2006, 7:43 AM
NY Post reports, "Some 1,300 Bronx schoolkids will have brand-new facilities next week, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday."

Rhinebeck schools, town will share facilities

Date Captured	Tuesday August 29 2006, 10:34 AM
Poughkeepsie Journal reports, "The school district will be able to use the town's athletic fields and other outdoor facilities while the town will be able to use the school district's buildings."

Nonunion labor courts school job

Date Captured	Friday August 25 2006, 9:06 AM
The Post-Standard reports, "Rebbeca Meinking, president of Associated Builders and Contractors, Empire State Chapter, told the Joint Schools Construction Board Thursday that a PLA would discourage local nonunion contractors from taking part and drive up costs, among other problems. Her association represents 'merit' or nonunion contractors."

New York City public schools splitting at the seams

Date Captured	Thursday August 24 2006, 8:18 AM
NY Daily News reports, "Education Department spokesman Keith Kalb said six schools under construction in Queens will provide about 4,000 more student seats over the next two years."

EXCEL building aid may help taxpayers, school officials say

Date Captured	Wednesday August 23 2006, 9:02 AM
The Daily Star reports, "All districts are eligible for Expanding Our Children’s Education and Learning [EXCEL] funds, with some restrictions, according to the website. The amount is determined by enrollment and is funded through the Dormitory Authority of the state of New York. New York City will receive $1.8 billion, with other districts receiving $800 million, according to the site."

Ed contracts will be eyed after no-bid report

Date Captured	Tuesday August 22 2006, 8:14 AM
Daily News reports, "'The fact that the [Department] of Ed is now doing $120 million in no-bid contracts without any form of public review or vote or scrutiny by any outside body is outrageous.'" [Assemblyman James Brennan ]

The little college that could: Oregon Coast Community College expects to have three new buildings by late 2008

Date Captured

Sunday August 20 2006, 8:54 PM

The Oregonian reports, "With a $23.5 million bond approved by voters in 2004 and $4.5 million from the state, the college expects to take up residence by late 2008 in three new buildings from Lincoln City to Waldport. The three campuses are necessary, says O'Connor, because the county is so large -- 54 miles north to south -- and driving, particularly during the winter in fog, wind and rain, can be treacherous. The centerpiece is a 65,000-square-foot building in the South Beach neighborhood of Newport on 28 acres that may even offer a distant glimpse of the ocean."

Hispanics seek bigger cut of Buffalo schools work

Date Captured	Thursday August 17 2006, 10:46 AM
Buffalo News reports, "Community leaders, for the second time in as many years, are claiming that Hispanic workers and contractors are being shut out of the huge public works project."

The State Education Department and the State Health Department memo and information pamphlet to underscore the potential magnitude of a pandemic on the education community and emphasize the need for preparedness

Date Captured

Tuesday August 15 2006, 7:21 PM

In a severe pandemic, all employers—including schools —will experience a dramatic reduction in their workforce, as one-in-four employees becomes ill and others remain home to care for sick family members. Many schools may close because of excessive student and staff absenteeism. Available evidence indicates that school closure (perhaps as long as 12 weeks in duration) early in a pandemic may significantly reduce influenza transmission. Health officials will notify school authorities when conditions warrant school closure. In certain instances, school facilities may be asked to function as Points of Dispensing (PODs) for essential medications. We strongly encourage you to work closely with your county/city health department and emergency management officials to increase your district’s pandemic preparedness in the upcoming school year. To assist you in your planning process, we have prepared a pandemic information packet specifically designed for the education community.

Green Cleaning in Schools

Date Captured

Tuesday August 15 2006, 5:45 PM

Effective September 1, 2006, State Education Law and State Finance Law require school districts to reduce exposure of children and school staff to potentially harmful chemicals and substances used in the cleaning and maintenance of schools by utilizing guidelines to procure environmentally friendly cleaning products. The State Office of General Services, in consultation with other State agencies, has developed final guidelines as well as a list of approved green cleaning products.

GUIDELINES AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT AND USE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE PRODUCTS FOR ALL PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK STATE

Date Captured	Tuesday August 15 2006, 5:37 PM
New York State Office of General Services, August 4, 2006. These Guidelines and Specifications were developed in consultation with representatives of the Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Health, Department of Labor and State Education Department, as directed by Chapter 584 of the Laws of New York, 2005.

Orange County Community College asks for private donations

Date Captured	Tuesday August 15 2006, 7:47 AM
Times-Herald reports, "The community college wants to raise between $8 million and $12 million from private donors during the next two years. By doing so, administrators hope to close the deal on its planned expansion in Newburgh and spur a sweeping overhaul to its facilities in Middletown."

New sour note for Harlem choir

Date Captured

Sunday August 13 2006, 9:33 AM

NY Daily News ERIN EINHORN reports on NYC schools Promise Academy II charter school facility. "'The [Department] of Education is doing this behind parents' backs,' steamed Diana Boyd, a former member of the Choir Academy parent's association. 'This is being done without our consent.' Parents learned that the charter was coming after a city educrat was seen at the building last week checking out the space."

An education in costs: With project half done, Buffalo schools' overhaul is in jeopardy

Date Captured	Thursday August 10 2006, 9:33 AM
The Buffalo news reports, "If the project can't be sustained, some students will benefit while others remain in outdated schools that are ill-equipped to meet the demands of 21st century education. That would raise issues of equity that school officials are determined to avoid."

Utica district needs plan for building: Assess how HOPE VI plan fits into district's overall needs

Date Captured

Monday August 07 2006, 7:40 AM

Observer-Dispatch (Utica) opined, "Creating a building plan is something the district should move forward on as soon as possible. The residents of Cornhill, and all district taxpayers, deserve an answer about whether this school is feasible. And input from district residents should certainly be part of the school board's planning process. Regardless of what it says in the HOPE VI plan, the school board is charged with determining what's best for district students and taxpayers, and meeting their needs has to come first."

New government taking shape in Rochester: Huge city schools upgrade requires vigilant oversight

Date Captured	Sunday August 06 2006, 9:01 AM
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle opined, " A school construction inspector general may be needed to help audit these local programs. This is a historic overhaul of the city's public schools. The money is huge. The process must be right."

In Push to Open Small Schools, a Big Obstacle: Limited Space

Date Captured	Thursday August 03 2006, 12:24 AM
NY Times reports, "In the Bronx, 500 students in two high schools are not sure where they will go when classes start next month. The schools were supposed to share a former elementary school, but nonprofit groups that have occupied the building since 1982 refuse to leave and a lawsuit has been filed. The students are likely to end up in trailers outside the building."

Northeastern Clinton Central Schools considers building new or closing old buildings

Date Captured	Wednesday August 02 2006, 8:20 AM
The Press-Republican reports, "Sometime in December, Northeastern Clinton Central School District voters may be deciding whether to build a consolidated elementary facility."

New York Law School Launches $190 Million Expansion and Renovation of TriBeCa Campus

Date Captured

Tuesday August 01 2006, 9:48 AM

PRNewswire reports, "Financing for the new academic building came from the sale of $135 million in insured bonds issued through the New York City Industrial Development Agency, which was successfully completed on June 30, 2006. The school's securities were given an A3 credit rating by Moody's and an A-minus rating by S&P, both reflective of the school's stable market position and solid financial condition."

North Country Community College budget headed for approval

Date Captured	Tuesday August 01 2006, 8:35 AM
The Press-Republican reports, "'Since that college has been there, we've seen an increase in the number of people who've been downtown,' Supervisor Robert C. Dedrick (R-Ticonderoga) said. 'It's an absolutely gorgeous building. I'm sure they're able to fill their courses.' The college will help revitalize Ticonderoga's downtown, he said."

On-campus community college housing to grow; Monroe Community College, other area community colleges to build more residence halls

Date Captured	Tuesday August 01 2006, 7:17 AM
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports, "About a third of the members of the American Association of Community Colleges offer some kind of housing, said Norma Kent, spokeswoman for the organization in Washington, D.C. The amount of community-college housing has increased notably in the past five years, pushed in large part by growing international student enrollment at the schools, Kent said. "

Niagara County Community College gets a $6 million summer makeover

Date Captured	Monday July 31 2006, 11:48 AM
Buffalo News reports, "He [Rob Waters] said the State University of New York and the Niagara County Legislature, each contributing half, granted the college $10 million to pay for the improvements."

Buffalo schools' influx of state aid may give taxpayers a break

Date Captured	Monday July 31 2006, 11:43 AM
Buffalo News reports, "Some of that cash is now available, thanks to EXCEL aid, a onetime revenue funded by state taxpayers. Many local districts are considering using the EXCEL money - which stands for Expanding our Children's Education and Learning - to trim local taxpayers' share of renovations, additions or even new buildings."

Rochester schools project in $1 billion class

Date Captured	Sunday July 30 2006, 10:01 AM
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports, "The project's scope is massive. Eight brand-new schools would be built, neighborhoods around schools would be improved and every school in the district — 50 buildings — would be affected in some way."

New York State Charter Schools Act of 1998, Article 56.

Date Captured	Saturday July 22 2006, 7:53 PM
Article 56 Section 2850. Short title; purpose. 2851. Eligible applicants; applications; submission. 2852. Issuance of charter. 2853. Charter school organization; oversight; facilities. 2854. General requirements. 2855. Causes for revocation or termination. 2856. Financing of charter schools. 2857. Notice; review and assessment.

Legislators agree to fund North Country Community College

Date Captured	Friday July 21 2006, 8:53 AM
The Press Republican reports, "The allocation is about $40,900 more than the county appropriated this year and includes a $200 tuition increase for students at the school's three campuses, bringing the total annual NCCC tuition to $3,250."

North Carolina strapped school boards study rent-to-own approach

Date Captured	Tuesday July 18 2006, 10:37 AM
Charlotte Observer reports, "Called lease-purchase or leaseback, it allows school boards to hire private developers to build schools. The districts then lease the buildings and buy them after a set period."

SCHOOL TO BECOME HOUSING

Date Captured	Monday July 17 2006, 7:52 AM
NY Post (registration) reports, "As the city Department of Education awaits a multibillion-dollar court-ordered windfall to ease overcrowding in schools, it has rejected revamping a storied East Harlem school building - claiming the neighborhood doesn't need the seats. "

Old Man on Campus

Date Captured

Sunday July 16 2006, 8:14 AM

NY Times (registration) op-ed contributor and SUNY Purchase president Schwartz writes about adult student housing, "This project is at the heart of the college’s mission: lifelong learning, student engagement for all ages, building audiences for the performing and visual arts and studies of the aging process. Moreover, it offers desperately needed housing for people 55 and older, who make up a significant portion of Westchester County."

Siena College to gain nearby property

Date Captured	Friday July 14 2006, 6:47 PM
The Business Review (Albany) reports, "Siena College has signed a purchase agreement with the state to buy the 13 acres across from its Loudonville, N.Y., campus that now houses the New York State Police's Troop G headquarters."

Northern Country Community College budget includes new account

Date Captured	Thursday July 06 2006, 9:00 AM
The PressRepublican.com reports, "For the first time, the college's budget will include a separate capital-improvement fund for future projects and infrastructure upgrades."

Newburgh school plan stalled instate office

Date Captured	Thursday July 06 2006, 7:53 AM
Times Herald-Record reports, "The goal was to create smaller, more manageable learning environments. The timetable seemed feasible - until the satellite building plans landed in the state Education Department's facilities planning division."

Boro's quality-of-life boost

Date Captured	Wednesday July 05 2006, 7:26 AM
NY Daily News reports, "EDUCATION: Almost $3.9 million to schools for new computers, new science labs and a partnership with the Out2Schools Foundation, which will reconstruct several schoolyards across the borough."

Miami Dade College to offer classes on base

Date Captured	Tuesday July 04 2006, 6:24 PM
Miami Herald.com reports, "Miami Dade College will be opening a new student outreach center at Homestead Air Reserve Base this fall. The center will offer courses in accounting, introduction to business, English composition, Spanish, pre-Algebra and speech."

Downtown YWCA to house Buffalo charter school

Date Captured	Tuesday July 04 2006, 9:20 AM
Buffalo News reports, "The Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School will move to the building in time for the start of its 2007-08 school year. A renovation effort is planned to convert the 54-year-old building for educational use."

FEMA Funding School Repairs, But Officials Wonder If It's Enough

Date Captured	Saturday July 01 2006, 9:46 AM

Idaho lottery doles out record $33 million dividend to schools, buildings

Date Captured	Wednesday June 28 2006, 5:46 PM

Small Schools Show Concern Over Proposal to Swap Land

Date Captured	Tuesday June 27 2006, 11:52 PM
NY Times registration

Colleges abloom in buildings

Date Captured	Monday June 26 2006, 10:30 AM
Buffalo News

Plan To Build Middle School At WTC Site Gets Mixed Reviews

Date Captured	Wednesday June 21 2006, 3:01 PM
NY1

Columbia, gem of West Harlem

Date Captured	Tuesday June 20 2006, 7:15 AM

$21.6 Million in Charter Schools Facilities Grants Announced

Date Captured	Wednesday June 14 2006, 10:21 AM
The Local Initiatives Support Corporation in New York, N.Y., has been awarded a $8.2 million grant.

Delaware bill proposes charter funds

Date Captured	Sunday June 11 2006, 8:00 PM

$27 Million in Grants Awarded for Emergency School Repairs

Date Captured	Friday June 09 2006, 11:32 AM

A site with class

Date Captured	Thursday June 08 2006, 6:34 AM

CLASSY MOVE AT WTC (NY Post registration)

Date Captured	Wednesday June 07 2006, 8:12 AM

Michigan charter high school gains needed space

Date Captured	Friday June 02 2006, 6:19 PM

Le Moyne plans new science building

Date Captured	Sunday May 28 2006, 8:03 AM

New Binghamton U center on target for '07, Construction progressing at downtown Binghamton site

Date Captured	Thursday May 25 2006, 7:50 AM

Florida co-teaching rules may soon be eased

Date Captured	Wednesday May 17 2006, 9:14 AM

Kindest cut of all in city's schools

Date Captured	Monday May 15 2006, 7:33 AM

Call a truce in nasty school war

Date Captured	Monday May 15 2006, 7:03 AM

Schools are lost in space

Date Captured	Sunday May 14 2006, 5:08 AM

Florida deal links new homes, school crowding

Date Captured	Wednesday May 10 2006, 11:04 AM

Bonds would funnel billions to California education

Date Captured	Saturday May 06 2006, 10:04 AM

Arkansas legislators get price tag on facilities costs

Date Captured	Thursday May 04 2006, 4:50 PM

Student Housing at Temple University Leads an Urban Turnaround (NY Times registration)

Date Captured	Wednesday May 03 2006, 7:45 AM

Separate school facilities are inherently unequal

Date Captured	Monday May 01 2006, 11:49 AM

$210M for Hawaii classroom upgrades

Date Captured	Thursday April 27 2006, 10:25 AM

Rochester city schools get extra building aid

Date Captured	Tuesday April 25 2006, 8:30 AM

Yonkers schools gain over $18 million in state construction aid

Date Captured	Tuesday April 25 2006, 8:20 AM

Schools deal builds hope

Date Captured	Tuesday April 25 2006, 8:05 AM

New York State Pledges Billions For School Construction, Repairs

Date Captured	Monday April 24 2006, 10:56 PM

Buffalo city schools' rehab in jeopardy

Date Captured	Monday April 17 2006, 10:03 AM

LaGuardia College gets 55M lift

Date Captured	Tuesday April 11 2006, 7:56 AM

Commission approves $86 million for Arkansas school facilities

Date Captured	Tuesday January 24 2006, 9:34 AM

Rochester city schools overhaul needs input

Date Captured	Tuesday January 24 2006, 7:54 AM