CALIFORNIA CITY HIGH WON'T HAVE GYM.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer CALIFORNIA California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). CITY -- Lack of money means the long-awaited California City High School will be built without an administration building and gymnasium gymnasium In Germany, a state-maintained secondary school that prepares pupils for higher academic education. This type of nine-year school originated in Strasbourg in 1537. . The school is being financed by a $16million bond measure that voters approved 4 1/2 years ago, but soaring soaring: see flight; glider. soaring or gliding Sport of flying a glider or sailplane. The craft is towed behind a powered airplane to an altitude of about 2,000 ft (600 m) and then released. construction costs since then have nearly doubled the original cost estimate from $23 million to $45million. ``It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have still part of the plan. We are doing as much as we can afford,'' Superintendent Larry Phelps said Wednesday. ``The cost ran up since the bond. We only have what we have.'' District officials broke ground for the school three weeks ago, and the campus, which will contain 27 to 30 classrooms and a cafeteria cafeteria: see restaurant. , is scheduled to open in August. Construction was delayed by the discovery of a protected desert tortoise desert tortoise see gopherus agassizii. near the site, which also had to be surveyed for unexploded bombs that might have been left over from World War II training. The board at Tuesday night's meeting approved a contract with Seward L. Schreder Construction to build the school under a nontraditional model of construction. Instead of hiring the contractor who submits the lowest bid, Mojave is pursuing a process called ``lease-lease back,'' under which the school district would lease the property to a builder, who promises to build a school for a set price. The district would make lease payments during the course of construction and own the building when it's completed. The cost of constructing the high school under lease-lease back will be $20.7 million, Phelps said. The state will fund 50 percent of the district's eligibility for funding, not 50 percent of the ultimate cost. With no administration building, the principal and other staff members will take over an empty classroom, Phelps said. The district has yet to decide what grades will start school there, which will determine how to accommodate students without any gym, Phelps said. The campus is being built to hold 650 students. The bond also is paying for construction of Hacienda hacienda also called estancia (Argentina and Uruguay) or fazenda (Brazil) In Latin America, a large landed estate. The hacienda originated in the colonial period and survived into the 20th century. Elementary School elementary school: see school. , which could break ground later this year. In March 2002, California City voters approved a tax to finance a $16 million bond measure to build the elementary school and high school. California City High will help ease crowding at Mojave High School and eliminate the need for California City teens to travel to Mojave for school. karen.maeshiro@dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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