Albuquerque Public Schools will use a $16.25 million grant, awarded by the Defense Department’s Office of Economic Adjustment, to demolish and rebuild Wherry Elementary School located on Kirtland AFB, N.M., according to a DOD release. The school, which was ranked No. 11 on DOD’s public schools on military installations priority list, will serve 500 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. OEA also awarded Geary County Unified School District 475 a $16.1 million grant to replace the Fort Riley Elementary School at Fort Riley, Kan. That school also will serve 500 students in grades K-5. Funding for the grants is provided under DOD’s public schools on military installations program, which must give priority consideration to military installations that are deemed the most deficient, states the release.
A Golden Dome task force established under U.S. Northern Command earlier this year has a broad remit, which includes fielding the capability to defend the U.S. against missile and drone attacks, its leaders said this week. Some of the primary focuses right now are ensuring Golden Dome can defend itself…