LITTLEROCK SCHOOL SHOWS OFF ITS NEW CAFETERIA.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LITTLEROCK -- Students, the staff and school officials celebrated the opening of Alpine School's new cafeteria cafeteria: see restaurant. and kitchen with a ceremony Tuesday. The expansion of the school's 1950s-era cafeteria and kitchen cost nearly $1.1 million.. "Everybody is excited. It's bright and clean and new and modern, and the cafeteria personnel love all the additional space, and it's much more efficient and much more safe," Principal Randall Jolin said before the ceremony. "The old kitchen -- all the codes were different back then -- didn't meet current standards at all. It was an essential and necessary improvement." The cafeteria was supposed to have opened last spring, but bad weather and issues with adding a modular building Modular buildings are sectional prefabricated buildings that are manufactured in a plant, and delivered to the customer in one or more complete modular sections. Modular buildings are considerably different from mobile homes. delayed the opening to September. The ceremony was then postponed for months in which officials said reaction on campus was positive. "The kids are very ecstatic. It's nice to have a full-functioning kitchen back there, all nice and new," 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. Steve Doyle Stephen "Steve" Doyle (born June 2, 1958 in Neath, Wales) was a professional footballer who played for Preston North End, Huddersfield Town, Sunderland, Hull City & Rochdale. said. The old kitchen and cafeteria, designed for 100 students at a sitting, were too small for the school whose enrollment now tops 600. The size of the building was increased by about one-third. The project was paid for with developer fees and money set aside in a special account for cafeteria remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling and modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, work. The school itself was built in 1929, with the original cafeteria in the basement. The current cafeteria and kitchen were built in 1958. District officials had been discussing improving the kitchen situation since about 2001. karen.maeshiro@dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Fifth-grade students gather outside Alpine Elementary School's cafeteria and kitchen Tuesday for a celebration of the campus's new food facilities. (2) School district officials tour the new kitchen Tuesday at Alpine Elementary School elementary school: see school. in Littlerock. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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