2 SCHOOLS RETURNING TO 9-MONTH CALENDAR; DECLINING ENROLLMENTS FORCING REVERSION.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer After one year on a modified year-round schedule, El Dorado El Dorado, legendary country of South America El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. and Mariposa elementary schools elementary school: see school. will revert re·vert v. 1. To return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief. 2. To undergo genetic reversion. to a traditional nine-month calendar starting in the fall. El Dorado School lost about 50 students because of changes in attendance boundaries, and Mariposa's growth was less than anticipated because a builder has delayed plans to construct 57 homes, officials said. ``It's simply a decision based on the level of enrollment at those two schools,'' said Ned McNabb, assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. for business services. ``There's been somewhat of a decline in the number of students anticipated, and it's not necessary to be on multitrack mul·ti·track adj. 1. Having, using, or produced with multiple recording tracks: a multitrack tape recorder. 2. (calendars). That will be evaluated year to year.'' The 13,600-student district's 13 other schools will remain on year-round schedules. El Dorado and Mariposa had been on a modified year-round schedule this school year with two tracks that resembled a traditional schedule. Because of installation of air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. , heating and ventilation systems ventilation system Public health An air system designed to maintain negative pressure and exhaust air properly, to minimize the spread of TB and other respiratory pathogens in a health care facility , both schools started class in September, later than tracks at other schools. El Dorado's enrollment has showed a decline over several years, dropping from more than 900 in the 1995-96 school year to fewer than 700 this school year. In 1998-99, the enrollment is projected to be about 650. Mariposa is a small school whose enrollment has remained somewhat steady over the years. Its current student population is 537. As a result of revised attendance boundaries approved earlier this year for El Dorado, Linda Verde, Jack Northrop and Joshua elementary schools, about 50 students will be shifted from El Dorado to Joshua, officials said. The attendance zone changes were made mainly to correct an anomaly with Jack Northrop School, which drew pupils from two widely separated areas. A large number of pupils from the northernmost part of the district were assigned to Jack Northrop in the most southern part of the district. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Children play during recess at El Dorado elementary school, one of two campuses that will be returning to a nine-month calendar. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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