There’s a lot of history in the old Madison School in Albany’s Willamette neighborhood. I looked it up when someone called my attention to the construction work taking place there now.
No more modulars at South Shore Elementary School in Albany, at least not after next year. That’s the plan, anyway.
Other than minor repairs, the $62 million expansion and remodeling of West Albany High School was completed last year. But one new project has been added to the job: converting two newly built restrooms, one for boys and the other for girls, into four restrooms that anyone — regardless of gender–can use.
Last week a reader wondered if I knew whether “Fir Grove school is planning to reopen?” I didn’t, but I do now, and the short answer is that while it’s already in use, it’s not going to reopen as an elementary or primary school.
The historic Central School building in Albany will get upgrades in three major areas of concern, the board of directors of Greater Albany Public Schools has decided.
Students in the Albany schools will get an extra day off at the end of their Christmas vacation. The board of Greater Albany Public Schools decided this during its 26-minute special meeting on Thursday night.
Central School upgrade: The estimate soars
The fate of Albany’s historic Central School appears unsettled once again now that the school board has received new estimates of what it would cost to make improvements.
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