Vallivue School District emphasizes music and theater arts, and the new Ridgevue High School auditorium has the latest in sound and lighting equipment.

Kids who cut class at the new Skyridge High School will be missing out on a lot. 

During two-and-a-half years of construction on the $114.5-million Ray Braswell High School, crews had to contend with six months of 100-year storms, which included rain, snow and extremely muddy conditions during foundation, slab and major courtyard segments.

Widely known in Texas for its eponymous festival and its Czech roots, the city of West suffered an April 2013 explosion at a local fertilizer plant that caused several deaths and destroyed many homes and businesses and three of the district’s four schools. 

Repurposing a vacant office building into a private K-12 school turned a drab commercial space into what the project team says will be a dynamic learning space for more than 1,000 students.

Designed to promote transparent, collaborative and experimental learning, the Horace Mann Elementary School has communal spaces—such as an art room, science gallery and multipurpose room—that are visible from the street and hallways.

Built on the site of a former underused parking lot and trash compactor, the East Harlem Center for Living and Learning is part of an initiative begun by the city of New York and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to integrate new development within underused space on authority campuses.