GRANT ENERGIZES SCHOOL DISTRICT; CAMPUSES TO BENEFIT BY MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL ENHANCEMENTS.Byline: Donna Huffaker Daily News Staff Writer The Glendale Unified School District The Glendale Unified School District is a school district based in Glendale, California, United States. The school district serves the city of Glendale, portions of the city of La Cañada and the unincorporated communities of Montrose and La Crescenta. received $450,000 Tuesday to help nine schools with electrical and mechanical upgrades. The grant money, given by the Glendale Department of Water and Power, will augment district funds committed to adding and improving energy-efficient 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. , heating and lighting, said Steve Hodgson, 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. District voters passed a $186 million bond measure in June 1997 to upgrade Franklin, Valley View, Fremont, Glenoaks and Lincoln elementaries; College View and Clark Magnet schools magnet school n. A public school offering a specialized curriculum, often with high academic standards, to a student body representing a cross section of the community. ; and Daily and Hoover high schools Hoover High School may refer to any of the following:
The Clark project, along with work at Franklin, Fremont, Lincoln and College View, should be finished by the end of the summer, he said. Retrofitting has not yet begun at Daily, he added. Valley View and Hoover already are finished, Hodgson said. Although he said he did not know the exact cost for the entire project, Hodgson said Clark's bill will run nearly $15 million and Valley View totaled $3.5 million. Each of these schools will have air conditioning in every classroom, he said. The funding comes from the extra charge added to utility customers' bills, as mandated by the state Legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: Money is divided by thirds to residential, business and government and school programs that are geared toward reducing energy consumption, she said. The City Council voted to use a portion of the $3 million collected to pay for the school upgrades, Vanca said, noting that every dime from area residents goes back into the community. The city's $450,000 grant will pay roughly 27 percent of the district's project, a fraction of the cost, Hodgson said. But school officials are thrilled to accept the money. ``This all was generated out of conversations between the superintendent and the city manager. It is very demonstrative of Adj. 1. demonstrative of - serving to prove or demonstrate; "the oath of office is...demonstrative of the legislative opinion on this subject"- John Marshall the strong relationship between the city and the school district,'' he said. |
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