10TH SCHOOL TO GET REBUILT LINDA VERDE WORK TO START.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - Work will begin this week on refurbishing Linda Verde School, the last of Lancaster's 1950s-era elementary schools elementary school: see school. to get a makeover. Classes will continue throughout work that will last most of the school year on the $2.4 million project. ``It will be an irritation irritation /ir·ri·ta·tion/ (ir?i-ta´shun) 1. the act of stimulating. 2. a state of overexcitation and undue sensitivity.ir´ritative ir·ri·ta·tion n. 1. , but we've gotten pretty good at moving people around,'' Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
Rooms will be rebuilt and the campus will be brought up to accessibility standards accessibility standards (akses´abil´itē), n.pl the requirements designed by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), by which public places must provide disabled individuals with barrier-free access to under the American with Disabilities Act, Gocke said. ``We will redo To reverse an undo operation. See undo. bathrooms and put in the right-size sinks,'' he added. The Linda Verde modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, project will be the last of 10 in Lancaster district schools. Currently, three other schools are being renovated. The projects have been financed by a $29 million bond measure approved by Lancaster voters in 1999 and by state funds for districts that qualify for ``financial hardship'' aid. The Linda Verde project is being financed entirely by hardship funds, Gocke said. Work also includes installing new white boards, tack boards and carpeting. With the work taking place during the school year, school officials hope to keep disruption to a minimum. ``We will start with underground trenching and do underground utilities first. It rips the school up and gets it over with in a hurry,'' Gocke said. ``That's why we are doing the trenching first. We fence off a certain area and do that and then move on.'' Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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