FIRM HIRED TO DESIGN SCHOOL FACILITY WOULD OPEN IN 2010.Byline: Karen Karen Any member of a variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma). Constituting the second largest minority in Myanmar, the Karen are not a unitary group in any ethnic sense, as they differ among themselves linguistically, religiously, and economically. Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - Projecting an enrollment increase of nearly 7,000 students in the next five years, Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale trustees have hired an architecture firm to design the district's ninth high school. The school, which could cost $120 million to $130 million, is planned for 65 acres in southeast Palmdale at Pearblosssom Highway, Avenue T-8 and 47th Street East. ``We need to move ahead on site nine,'' trustee Al Beattie said. ``We are six months to a year behind schedule. If the projected enrollment keeps increasing like it is, we are behind right now.'' The board at last Wednesday's meeting approved hiring Glendora-based NTD NTD Neural tube defect, see there Stichler to design the school. The board will hold a special meeting Nov. 22 to hear a design presentation by the firm. The cost of hiring the firm will be about $4.9 million, which will be paid with funds from a 2002 voter-approved high school district bond issue and state funds, a district staff report said. The school's preliminary target opening date is summer 2010, and the building will be designed to hold between 2,500 and 3,000 students, the report said. To pay for construction of the school and another high school that will be in either southwest Palmdale or northwest Lancaster, the district is considering placing another bond measure on the November 2006 ballot. Like Eastside High School Eastside High School or East Side High School can refer to:
The school's football games will probably be played at either Knight High School, where the district plans to construct a stadium, or Littlerock High School Littlerock High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Littlerock, California. It is the a part of the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). External links
``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 continues to show strong patterns of population growth demonstrating a need for additional school construction projects,'' the report said. The design and construction of a comprehensive high school takes a minimum of five to six years from inception to occupancy by students, the report said. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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