Homewood schools staff and outside contractors have been working on the first half of the $9.4 million in improvements to Willow, Churchill and James Hart Schools in Homewood.
The school board approved a number of improvements to update the aging buildings, dating to the 1950s and 1960s.
The board sold $8.2 million in bonds to finance the work and is using $1.2 million in pandemic relief appropriated through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act for improvements to school buildings.
District 153 crews were happy to see the new . . .
