GROWING EASTSIDE DISTRICT NEEDS NEW SCHOOL BOARD OKS PRELIMINARY PLANNING FOR ELEMENTARY.Byline: KAREN 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. -- Columbia Elementary School elementary school: see school. opened just this school year, but Eastside Union School District officials said Tuesday that they are already in need of another elementary school. The four-school district's enrollment stands at 3,325, about 400 more students than this time last year with growth being fueled by new housing construction on the east side of Lancaster. ``We are growing,'' board President Peggy Peggy may refer to:
The district recently received $1.2 million in hardship funding from the state that will help pay for the planning process of building a new school, including a school design and environmental studies of potential sites. A district committee will be formed to decide where the new school will be located, said Raj raj also Raj n. Dominion or rule, especially the British rule over India (1757-1947). [Hindi r Rajakumar, 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. for business services. The board at Monday's meeting approved getting bids from architects and construction managers for a future school. ``We want to be ahead of the game,'' Rajakumar said. The district's three elementary schools and one middle school are filled to capacity, and The $16.5 million Columbia campus, which opened last August in the 2600 block of East Avenue J-4, has more than 790 students. It was Eastside's first new school in more than four years. Columbia's construction was financed with a $15.5 million bond measure Eastside voters passed in 1997, along with state funds. Money from that bond has been depleted de·plete tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out. [Latin d , and the district anticipates paying for the construction of another school with state hardship funds, Rajakumar said. There was no estimate on the cost of a new school, and no date has been set on when construction might begin. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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