SCHOOL DISTRICT MIGHT EXPAND INTO MUSEUM.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER -- Flush with $5million in redevelopment bond money from Lancaster, 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 is moving on a long-discussed idea to expand the district's base into neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. space the city's museum and art gallery occupies. The district office and the Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery have shared space Shared space is a traffic engineering philosophy pioneered by the Dutch traffic engineer Hans Monderman. The approach relies on the principle that road users' behaviour is more likely to be affected by the street environment and design than by the traditional deployment of measures since 1986 in what was a former grocery store on Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , just south of Lancaster Boulevard. ``As enrollment grows, so does our student support service needs and personnel department,'' said Mat Havens, director of facilities, acquisition and development for the high school district. ``We are cramped for space all the time at the district office and conference rooms.'' The move depends on the city finding suitable space elsewhere for the museum and art gallery, which city officials have been working on. A relocation to Lancaster Boulevard, where its presence might help with the city's goal to revitalize re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. the downtown area, might be possible, city officials said. ``I think that the city is pursuing preliminary options with regards to the revitalization re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. of the boulevard,'' said Lyle Norton, city parks and recreation director. ``There was a feeling that we could use more space, the district could use more space and maybe finding a location on the boulevard that meets the criteria of the new downtown revitalization plan would be good.'' High school district trustees earlier this month approved spending up to $35,000 to hire an architectural company to determine the best use of the museum space. The district's administrative offices are spread out, including an annex an·nex tr.v. an·nexed, an·nex·ing, an·nex·es 1. To append or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing. 2. on Beech beech, common name for the Fagaceae, a family of trees and shrubs mainly of temperate and subtropical regions in the Northern Hemisphere. The principal genera—Castanea (chestnut and chinquapin), Fagus (beech), and Quercus Street that houses educational services and an office on Lancaster Boulevard that contains student services, Havens said. Opened in 1986, the museum/art gallery and high school offices share a building as the result of a trade between the school district and the city's redevelopment agency in the early 1980s. The city's redevelopment agency took possession of the district's old administration center on Third Street East, and the school district received ownership of its portion of the Sierra Highway building. The city purchased the former Shopping Bag market building in 1981 and remodeled it for $1.8million. At one point, city officials considered using the market building for City Hall, but they later purchased and remodeled another building on Fern Avenue. ``For some years now, the district has indicated that they need more space,'' Norton said. ``The city has indicated to them that they would be willing to entertain the district buying out the city's share of the museum art gallery if the city can find a new site.'' |
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