SCHOOL DISTRICT MULLS PRESCHOOL LOCATION.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer The Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. is considering turning an empty drugstore into quarters for preschool classes as part of the district's Head Start program. The 31,000-square-foot building is a former Payless drugstore closed more than two years ago, located in a shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into at 47th Street East and Avenue S. ``It meets the state code in that it is earthquake safe,'' school board member Helen Acosta said. ``We've looked at plans at how we can convert it to classrooms. We are looking at it to make it into a Head Start program. Later on, if we wanted to convert to it to an elementary school elementary school: see school. or junior high, we could do that.'' Short of classroom space and money, the district has looked at several commercial sites to possibly turn into campuses. The district previously had considered converting the former Smith's market at 20th Street East and Palmdale Boulevard into a campus, but dropped the idea after Ralphs Grocery Co. announced plans to open a new store there. The Smith's building measured 73,000-square-feet and has been shuttered for about two years. The board discussed leasing the empty drugstore at its meeting Tuesday. ``The cost has not been finalized. We are working with the owner to design the interior for our programs,'' said Caroyln Hansen, 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. In a related action, the board approved hiring KNA KNA Saint Kitts and Nevis (ISO Country code) KNA Kenya Wildlife Safari KNA Kentucky Nurses Association KNA Keynote Address Consulting Engineers for $10,900 to perform an feasibility study The analysis of a problem to determine if it can be solved effectively. The operational (will it work?), economical (costs and benefits) and technical (can it be built?) aspects are part of the study. Results of the study determine whether the solution should be implemented. to determine whether the former drugstore building meets standards for establishing a school there. The store is located in a commercial center that also has a supermarket, gas station, a pizza place and a dry-cleaning business. When the district was considering the Smith's building, it paid $12,500 to KNA Consulting Engineers to perform a feasibility study "A Feasibility Study" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 13 April, 1964, during the first season. It was remade in 1997 as part of the revived The Outer Limits series with a minor title change. there, but now has no need for the information. ``Sometimes when you are trying to be proactive, it pays off. Sometimes, it doesn't,'' Hansen said. ``We were looking at possibilities. I think of it as an investment.'' |
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