DISTRICT TO REOPEN SCHOOL AS CLASS CENTER.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer After seven months of study, Muroc Joint Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. officials have decided to reopen a closed elementary school elementary school: see school. as an education center. Starting Aug. 31, the former Richard B. Lynch Elementary School will house a continuation school continuation school: see vocational education. , independent study program offices and vocational education vocational education, training designed to advance individuals' general proficiency, especially in relation to their present or future occupations. The term does not normally include training for the professions. classes. ``At the same time, the board is going to be looking at what criteria would have to be met in order to open the elementary school there,'' Superintendent Irene Sherman said. The school was closed five years ago to help balance the district's budget, but it angered many north Edwards residents, who said it was the area's only school and a focal point focal point n. See focus. for activities and community identity. Lynch's students were transferred to West Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. Elementary School, and the Lynch campus is now used to provide storage space and offices for the district's maintenance supervisor and director of technology. The board at Wednesday's meeting voted 4-1 to reopen the school as an education center, with trustee Chuck James Charles Hamilton "Chuck" James (born November 9, 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. Minor League career Chuck was signed by the Braves on July 29, 2002 in the 20th Round of the 2002 Free Agent Draft. dissenting. ``As the community understood it, it would be reopened as soon as the district was in good financial shape. That time has come,'' said James, a resident of north Edwards. Sherman said it would not be feasible to open the school, since it would draw only 88 students. ``The number of students that would attend the school is very low,'' she said. ``It would be very expensive to provide a full program for those students at that location.'' Sherman said parents who favor reopening Reopening Treasury offerings of additional amounts of outstanding issues, rather than an entirely new issue. A reopened issue will always have the same maturity date, CUSIP number, and interest rate as the original issue. the school argued that if the school were opened again, new families would move to the community and thereby increase enrollment. Parents who have spoken against reopening the school said their children are benefiting from programs at West Boron Elementary that wouldn't be available to them at a school with a small number of students. ``I do understand the feelings of the community,'' Sherman said. ``I pledge to work with them to have an elementary school in north Edwards as soon as it is feasible to do so.'' District officials also are looking at using the school, which will be renamed the Richard B. Lynch Center, as a location for adult education classes and community college evening courses from Cerro Coso College, Sherman said. Ultimately, the district wants to open a preschool there and also offer ``distance learning'' courses via interactive television, Sherman said. |
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