DISTRICT STUDIES PHONE PLAN; CLASSROOM SYSTEM WOULD EXCEED $2 MILLION.Byline: Cecilia Chan Daily News Staff Writer The Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by school board on Tuesday will consider spending more than $2 million to improve communication at local high schools, through such projects as putting a telephone in every classroom. The money, part of the $88 million raised when voters approved Measure R, also would pay for intercoms and fire alarm systems at the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , Newbury Park and Westlake high schools Westlake High School may refer to:
The money would reimburse the cost of computer and telephone wiring See twisted pair. installed at the campuses over the past several months and would buy equipment such as telephone switches, said Gary Mortimer Gary Mortimer (born 1967, Bristol, England) Hot air balloon Pilot and current holder of the South African Hot Air Balloon Altitude record. The record was set on 9th May 2005 when he flew to an altitude of 30,334ft with DJ Lev David, on a flight in the KwaZulu-Natal region of , the district's 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. of business services. ``What we intend on having is a telephone in every classroom by the end of the summer,'' Mortimer said. And ``within 18 months we will have every school completed so teachers can talk to teachers, to the office and to outside lines.'' If the funding is approved, the public address speakers and the fire and bell systems also would be installed this summer. The district's plan to expand and upgrade its communication system has nothing to do with the recent school shootings in Colorado and most recently Georgia, he said. ``The incident that happened in Colorado would not change what we have been doing the last six to eight months,'' he said. The improvements ``would have happened anyway. It was our intent all along to put some type of communication in every classroom. ``The teachers are pretty anxious to get it and we are happy to give it to them.'' School board member Pat Phelps supported the proposal. ``It's more important now, the communications aspects of it, having the classrooms accessible to the office in case of an emergency,'' she said, in light of the school shootings. Voters in November approved the bond measure, which will renovate classrooms in the district's 28 campuses, many of which are at least 30 years old. |
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