BUILDING DELAYS TO JAM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MAY CROWD WEST RANCH HIGH WITH CASTAIC SITE IN LIMBO.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer CASTAIC -- The planned Castaic High School, needed to meet the community's growing population, is at least three years behind schedule because of rising construction costs and delays in acquiring the property. And as the opening date for Castaic High gets pushed back, nearby West Ranch High is becoming increasingly crowded with students from the Castaic area. Castaic High School originally was expected to open in 2007. But the start of construction remains in limbo limbo In Roman Catholicism, a region between heaven and hell, the dwelling place of souls not condemned to punishment but deprived of the joy of existence with God in heaven. The concept probably developed in the Middle Ages. until the William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart Union High School District gets a graded site from a company building 3,900 homes in the area. Now, the school is expected to open in 2010. Meanwhile, West Ranch High is expected to go from 2,300 students to 3,200 next year -- and the school's capacity is 2,600, said Michael Otavka, director of facilities and new construction for the district. ``We knew this was coming, and there are ways that we can deal with this,'' Otavka said. ``And the way we usually deal with this is with portable classes.'' Castaic High originally was planned on property at Hasley Canyon Road and Sloan Canyon Sloan Canyon is a National Conservation Area (NCA) administered by the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It is located just south of Las Vegas, Nevada, a short distance from the Las Vegas Strip, near the Anthem development in Henderson. Road, but community opposition pushed the project onto the Northlake site, between Interstate in·ter·state adj. Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states. n. One of a system of highways extending between the major cities of the 48 contiguous United States. Noun 1. 5 and Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² , which is being developed by SunCal Companies. Construction of the high school was delayed when a local water board stalled SunCal's 3,900-home Northlake subdivision. Recently, Castaic community members have objected to the project omitting a golf course that was in the original plans. The county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. is expected to hold a hearing on the revised project next spring; the board's approval would allow construction to start in June. As the Hart School District has waited for a chance to start building a high school, construction costs have risen. The project was originally estimated to cost $100 million, but now the estimate is $130 million. ``In the agreement that we have with the developer, the developer is to provide to the school district a construction-ready site,'' Otavka said. ``If that site cannot be completed by spring of 2008, then we will not be able to open the school in 2010. The school district's concern with that is ... that West Ranch High School West Ranch High School is a public high school in the community of Stevenson Ranch, Los Angeles County, California. Mr. Bob Vincent has been the school's principal ever since it opened in 2004. will continue to be overcrowded o·ver·crowd v. o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds v.tr. To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms. without a (high) school in Castaic.'' Frank Faye, regional president of SunCal Cos., said a high school can still be built by 2010. ``Here's the good news about the high school, and that is assuming we're able to stay on track and begin grading in the early part of 2007: ... (That) will allow (the school district) to begin construction of the actual high school in time for its new planned opening date,'' Faye said. The housing development was originally approved by the county in the early 1990s, and SunCal bought the project three years ago. alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5253 |
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