Skanska USA Building is nearly finished with two new elementary school projects in the Hillsboro School District. Work on Free Orchards and Quatama elementary schools will wrap up July 25 after 19 months of work.

By Esmeralda Bermudez, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Oct. 17--For more than a year, a Latino boy who speaks only English sat in his classroom confused by what his Spanish-speaking classmates were saying and falling behind in his work.

By Amy Hsuan, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Aug. 8--Pretend for a moment you live in a nation of poor farmers, a place where more than three-quarters of adults can't read.

Sep. 9--HILLSBORO -- The Hillsboro School District has received nearly $3 million in federal grants to make schools safer and drug-free. The district is the only Oregon school system selected to receive the first year of the U.S.

Before bulldozers and concrete mixers can converge on the open field that will become Evergreen Public Schools' fourth high school, the district needs cold, hard cash. The same thing is needed to kick off a sweeping remodeling of the district's aging Evergreen High School.