The Hawaii Department of Education received $152 million for capital improvements this coming school year, and the Board of Education yesterday approved the department’s .

Even though he hasn’t yet signed the state budget, Gov. Neil Abercrombie has already released money for some of the items, like a new all-weather athletic field at Waiakea High School.

Read our earlier coverage of safety issues in public schools, and a related article on how the Department of Education sets its construction priorities.

Also, if you’re ever curious to see what kind of construction, repair and maintenance projects are planned or in progress in Hawaii’s public schools, .

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