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International School to buy land for expansion
The International School in Southwest Portland is under contract to purchase a significant parcel of land around its present campus and is beginning to bounce around concepts for expansion.
Measure 85 would kick money to schools
State Rep. Vicki Berger says kicker reform is needed but that the effort would suffer if Oregon Measure 85 came to pass. Efforts to reform the kicker program have gained widespread bipartisan support in the Legislature and beyond. However, many legislators would prefer to reform the kicker themselves.
Salem-Keizer school officials to spend $67M on maintenance
Salem-Keizer School District officials are about to spend almost $67 million on repair and maintenance projects. The money is leftover from a $242 million bond voters approved in 2008 to build two new elementary schools and a new middle school.
Schools put up for sale in Gervais
Three Gervais School District buildings are for sale. The district wants to reduce expenses and make use of new sustainable modular units designed by two Portland State University architecture professors.
Construction to begin on $43M replacement for Parkrose Middle School
Construction is set to start soon on a $43 million replacement for Parkrose Middle School in Northeast Portland. The building is in major disrepair: walls contain asbestos; the roof is unstable; and fire alarms sound at random times and more often than they should.
Could Salem get a vocational high school?
With $66 million in construction money to spend, the Salem-Keizer Public Schools could get a new high school focusing on technical and vocational training. The possibility is getting an enthusiastic response from Oregon's construction tradespeople.
Prescott Elementary School remodeled
Emerick Construction Co. is performing a full remodel of Prescott Elementary School in Northeast Portland. The DOWA 鈥� IBI Group-designed upgrades include new floors, new heating system, plumbing and electrical upgrades, and full facelifts for the school鈥檚 classrooms, gym, cafeteria, and kitchen.
Tribal group, Jefferson County meet halfway to fund new school
A K-8 school will be built on the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon after the tribal group agreed to pay for half of the $21 million project, convincing lawmakers to create a bond measure to pay for the other half.
Portland Public Schools decides on bond option to replace aging schools
Portland Public Schools鈥� Board of Education has decided on which bond option it prefers to put on a ballot next November. The choice -- a $482 million option that would include replacing three high schools 鈥� Franklin, Grant and Roosevelt 鈥� and one K-8 school 鈥揊aubion 鈥� over an eight-year period.
Fourth time may be a charm for Banks School District construction bond
The Banks School District has decided to put a $10.5 million bond request to voters this May. The bond costs about half as much as last year鈥檚 proposal, a decrease that may have wooed enough voters to fix the worst of the district's maintenance and safety issues.
Parkrose Middle School building planned to be replaced
A building is being planned to replace Park Rose Middle School in Northeast Portland. The 140,000-square-foot structure, to be designed by Dull Olsen Weekes-IBI Group Architects (DOWA), would cost $32 million to construct and would be located on the same property as the current school, which is more than 50 years old and in major disrepair.
Estacada School District upgrades to reduce carbon footprint
A school district in a rural area southeast of Portland is starting to see the benefits of a $1.8 million investment in energy efficiency. Estacada School District, tucked in the […]
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