Bailey's Upper Elementary, a converted office building with limited outdoor space, added a traditional playground, basketball court and traffic garden with roundabouts, crosswalks and a railroad crossing to teach traffic safety.

Fifty Smilow Campus students get free meals, mentorship and a refurbished field this fall as the Commanders test a Ward 7 pilot.

A Century Boulevard office building is being converted into a Primrose preschool, adding a planned early education option in Germantown.