Waterbury Mayor Michael J. Jarjura is asking city officials to spend $40,000 buying books for city children attending private schools. The request easily passed the Board of Aldermen and will go before the Board of Education on Monday. The request has sparked some questions from Board of Education members about why the city should subsidize private education.

Economy affecting private schools (Herald News)

Private school administrators have discovered that the annual price tag of a non-public education has become too much for more families in financial arrears.

Debate offered over school academy plan (Newham Recorder)

TEACHER unions host a public meeting over the council's plan to turn the Royal Docks Community School into a private-sponsored academy in the Cundy Community Centre, Hartington Road, Custom House, on October 14 at 7pm.

Local private schools expanding (The Daily Progress)

Several private schools in Albemarle County and Charlottesville are growing to accommodate current and future enrollments, school officials say.

Punahou School to get PV solar system (BizJournals)

Punahou School soon will have one of the largest photovoltaic solar systems at any private school in the nation.