CONTRACT OK'D FOR CAMPUS; BUILDER WILL CONSTRUCT NEW SITE FOR COLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.Byline: John Sanders John Sanders is the name of
Eastside Union School District awarded a $9.3 million contract for the construction of Cole Middle School's long-awaited new campus. During a special meeting Wednesday morning, the board voted 5-0 to award a construction contract to Skidmore Contracting for the new school on 20 acres at 30th Street East and Avenue I. ``It's really exciting. It's sort of like a dream come true,'' superintendent Connie Webb said after the meeting. ``It's been years that the Eastside community has longed for a real middle school. It is very important to all of us here and truly an exciting project for us.'' The new Cole Middle School, named after the late Gifford C. Cole, a longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective school board member who died in 1991, will house about 1,000 students. The campus will include a 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. , a library, computer labs and science labs. Opened in the late 1980s to meet enrollment growth brought on by the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley building boom, Cole Middle School is now in the original Eastside School building. Because of its origin as an elementary school elementary school: see school. , Cole has had no gymnasium and converted classrooms have served as the library and science labs. Earth-moving equipment will finish grading land for the new campus in mid-June, followed by the start of construction. Webb said construction should be completed one year from the starting date. The builder has a good reputation, she said. ``From the information I've got we had good reports from the people that have worked with him,'' Webb said. ``He has built in the Antelope Valley before. It seems like he is good and will keep us on track. And it's a good price for us.'' Half the price for the new school will be paid by the state, and half by the district. The district's share will come from a bond issue approved by Eastside voters in November 1997. District officials staged a groundbreaking ceremony last June for the school that they hoped would have opened near the end of 1999. However, Webb said construction was delayed while awaiting approval from the state, county and city governments. Changing locations with the middle school will be the Eastside district office, which is located next to the current Cole campus on Avenue H at 70th Street East. District officials will move into relocatable buildings A building designed to be readily moved, erected, disassembled, stored, and reused. All types of buildings or building forms designed to provide relocatable capabilities are included in this definition. next to the new Cole. Once the new middle school opens, the old Cole campus will be renovated with new heating, 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. , paint and alarms. Then it will reopen re·o·pen tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. for elementary school pupils. |
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