AMARGOSA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT KICKS OFF.Byline: John Sanders John Sanders is the name of
City and Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
adj. 1. Strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony, ritual, or etiquette; punctilious: "borne on silvery trays by ceremonious world-weary waiters" Financial Times. broke ground Thursday afternoon for Amargosa Creek Middle School, the first school to be built with a $29 million bond issue approved by voters last March. Scheduled to open in September 2000 at 27th Street West and Avenue J, the campus will be the first middle school west of the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. . ``It creates a nice facility on this side of the freeway,'' Superintendent Steve Gocke said. ``It will offer a lot of options for youths. I think people will be real happy it.'' The new school, named for the usually dry waterway that borders the freeway, will alleviate crowding at Park View Intermediate School, which takes in students who live west of the freeway and now holds 400 to 500 more students than it was designed for. ``It's a tremendous milestone for the district,'' 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. Ned McNabb said. ``We have a tremendous overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. problem (at Park View Intermediate). This will allow us to get a more suitable size for Park View.'' Once Amargosa Creek opens, Park View will add sixth-graders to its current population of seventh- and eighth-graders. That will lessen crowding at elementary schools, officials said. ``This is a school the district has needed for a long time on the west side of town,'' said district President Mel Kleven.'' This is an important first step. This is just a dream. This is a big deal.'' Howard Horn, the current principal at Joshua Elementary School, will assume the duties of principal at Amargosa Creek. ``This is the first step and I'm getting excited now,'' Horn said.'' I think it's going to be great. We need it, and I'm just ready to go. I really feel that kids learn better in smaller settings.'' The school is projected to hold 1,000 students. Horn said he is pushing for the school colors to be purple, teal teal: see duck. teal Any of about 15 species (genus Anas, family Anatidae) of small dabbling ducks found on the major continents and many islands. Many are popular game birds. and black. The school mascot will be voted on by the students, Horn said. The school is being built on land acquired from the city, which took over a defunct housing tract started and then abandoned on the property. Amargosa Creek beat out other possible names such as Legends Middle School, for a nearby housing tract, and Mountain View Middle School. However, that failed because there is already an existing Monte Vista Elementary School Monte Vista Elementary School is an elementary school that is part of Santa Ana Unified School District in Orange County, California. The school categorizes its enrollment as 98% Latino or Hispanic, 1% African-American. , meaning Mountain View in Spanish. |
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