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Los Angeles Unified School District. The City of Los Angeles passed a bond election with a two-thirds vote to provide funding for local school construction in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second largest school system. The $2.4 billion to fund school repair and construction initiatives is the largest local school bond issue ever passed. Projects commence immediately, with the air-conditioning of three San Fernando Valley campuses at the top of the list in time for summer programs at the schools. Plans are underway to repave playgrounds, replumb bathrooms, and paint inside and out at over 70 schools across the district in the first round of projects to be completed this summer. All 800 schools, as well as the local construction industry, stand to benefit greatly from the first bond issue to pass in Los Angeles since 1971.
DeKalb County, Georgia. The voters of DeKalb County, home of the largest school district in Georgia, voted in a penny school tax in March earmarked for a 5-year school construction and renovation plan. DeKalb Schools will pay off $114 million in construction debt and use the remaining $381 million to build much needed new schools and classrooms, renovate older schools, and bring cutting-edge technology into the classroom for the 3,000 new students entering the system each year.
The Lincoln Unified School District is a public institution in Stockton, California. The Lincoln High/West Campus is designed to serve 1,000 students. Through an extensive one year stakeholder visioning process involving educators, parents, students, and community members, the master plan for the new facility evolved into a working school and "farm" and an environmental research center. In addition to the 10 individual learning centers, each designed to accommodate 100 students, the 40-acre complex includes an environmental resources management center, a community conference center, an information technology center, a business center, a student lodge and administrative and operations centers. A remote self-sustaining environmental center will occupy a nearby 100-acre site. The architectural design also incorporates an innovative application of curriculum resources. The curriculum, themed on the building and landscape designs, will make these features accessible for educators and learners of all ages
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