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A RENDERING SHOWS a new unified high school built on the site of McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket. The city's new high school project, among other various school projects around the state, was approved Tuesday by the R.I. Council on Elementary and Secondary Education. / COURTESY S/L/A/M COLLABORATIVE

R.I. Council on Elementary and Secondary Education OK’s $1B in new...

Education 12/20/2023

PROVIDENCE – More than $1 billion in 48 new school construction projects, including replacing five high schools, across Rhode Island were given the OK...

THE TOWN OF JOHNSTON has been issued an $85 million bond from the R.I. Health and Educational Building Corp. to be used to finance the town’s first phase of its district-wide school facility improvement plan. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Johnston receives $85M bond to begin school improvements

Education 10/03/2022

JOHNSTON – The town has been issued an $85 million bond that will be used to finance the first phase of its districtwide school...

CRAMPED CLASSROOM: Thornton Elementary School Principal Louise Denham sits in one of the school’s cramped classrooms. The building is more than 100 years old and is part of a plan to consolidate all four elementary schools in Johnston using a voter-approved $215 million school construction bond.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A financial remedy for R.I.’s aging schools

Education 09/16/2022

When Johnston Mayor Joseph M. Polisena visits the town’s high school, it’s a bit like taking a step into the past – and not...

A PRELIMINARY RENDERING shows a new high school in Warwick. The city's school department is planning to construct new high schools to replace both Pilgrim High School and Toll Gate High School. / COURTESY WARWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Warwick planning to build new Toll Gate, Pilgrim high schools

Education 08/01/2022

WARWICK – The city’s school department has put together early plans to replace its two aging high schools in the near future, joining the...

Progress on MBE contracting limited without enforcement

Economy 07/22/2022

This year’s General Assembly session ended without changes to the state’s Minority Business Enterprise program, despite a $500,000 study that identified a host of...

LEGISLATION CALLING FOR a $215 million bond to consolidate, renovate and build new school buildings in Johnston was signed by Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday. The bond question will now be put to voters in the town on April 5. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

$215M Johnston school construction bond legislation signed, voter approval is next

Education 02/22/2022

JOHNSTON – With a quick signature by Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday, another step was taken to revitalize the town’s school community and...

BREAKOUT SPACE: Barrington Middle School, now under construction, includes state-of-the-art classrooms and meeting spaces designed for collaborative learning. Brian Solywoda, a principal from architect Kaestle Boos Associates, stands in the breakout space with halo soffits.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Demand for more-modern facilities driving school construction activity in R.I.

Education 06/07/2019

An extraordinary middle school rising in the center of suburban Barrington is a sign of things to come in Rhode Island. The massive building project...

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