FETING A SCHOOL'S REBIRTH; QUAKE RECOVERY LESSONS LEAVE SITE SPARKLING.Byline: Blanca E. Cordova Cordova, Spain: see Córdoba. Daily News Staff Writer Students and teachers so enjoy the recently rebuilt Egremont School that they set aside part of Thursday for a show-and-tell of the work that renovated the campus after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. . U.S. Rep. Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, toured the nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. kindergarten-through-sixth-grade school to celebrate its $2.8 million renovation. Private funds and a federal Small Business Administration loan paid for the work. ``It's beautiful,'' McKeon said of the single building that replaced three damaged structures. ``It shows a lot of dedication from a lot of people here.'' The new building, which holds pre-kindergarten classes, administrative offices, kitchen, cafeteria and library, was rebuilt in an ``English prep school style'' said Kevin Murphy There are many people named Kevin Murphy:
With some school reserves, a $1.2 million SBA SBA abbr. Small Business Administration Noun 1. SBA - an independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government loan and a bank loan of $1.3 million, the school was able to get back on its feet again in about three years. The 30-year-old school, which reopened a week after the earthquake, is on the site of a former horse ranch. The former pre-kindergarten building was originally a stable. With the earthquake, the school took the opportunity to change its looks. ``Now it's a more formalized for·mal·ize tr.v. for·mal·ized, for·mal·iz·ing, for·mal·iz·es 1. To give a definite form or shape to. 2. a. To make formal. b. school and formerly it was more like a home atmosphere,'' Murphy said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) U.S. Rep. Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, meets children at Egremont School in Chatsworth. (2) McKeon field representative Kristen Stark listens as school administrative director Kevin Murphy briefs Congressman McKeon on the repairs. Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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