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Voters in the Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) School District will decide in May whether to support a $59 million bond proposal that would enable the system to consolidate its two high schools, The Detroit Free Press reports. Read more
Faced with a growing budget deficit, the Olean City (N.Y.) school board has voted to close all four of its elementary school campuses, The Olean Times-Herald reports. Read more
The New Jersey Schools Development Authority will put more than $675 million into major construction projects at 20 schools in some of the state's poorest districts, newjerseynewsroom.com reports. Read more
Officials from 37 public colleges and universities in Ohio have collaborated on a $400 million construction wish list for their campuses, The Columbus Dispatch reports. Read more
Enrollment in the Washington, D.C., public schools is more than 2,000 students less than what district officials projected in their budget, The Washington Post reports. Read more
After being asked to accept a longer work day, teachers in Chicago Public Schools are seeking a 30 percent pay increase over two years, The Chicago Tribune reports. Read more
The Sacramento (Calif.) City Unified School Board has voted to close one elementary school, but it also decided to spare another elementary that had been targeted for closure, The Sacramento Bee reports. Read more
By the end of 2011, Pennsylvania State University had spent nearly $3.2 million in connection with the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, The Harrisburg Patriot-News reports. Read more
A judge, concluding that a New York City teacher who lost her job in 2008 was subjected to "abuse, harassment, discrimination and disciplinary action," has ordered the city to reinstate her, The Staten Island Advance reports. Read more
The former chief business officer in the Lynwood (Calif.) Unified School District has been charged with embezzling more than $700,000 in school funds, The Los Angeles Times reports. Read more
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Construction Corner
Boston University plans to build a 110,000-square-foot athletic and recreational field in the city's Allston neighborhood, The Boston Globe says. Read more
Niles North High School in Skokie, Ill., plans to break ground this spring on a $12 million aquatics center, The Morton Grove Patch says. Read more
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