SCHOOL SITE PENDING VOTERS' OK CONSTRUCTION IS HINGING ON MARCH BOND MEASURE.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer MOJAVE - School district trustees have chosen a site next to California City Middle School for an elementary school elementary school: see school. to be built if voters approve a bond measure in March. The district owns 70 acres at Redwood redwood: see sequoia; brazilwood. redwood or sequoia Coniferous evergreen timber tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of the family Taxodiaceae, found in the fog belt of west-coastal North America. and Hacienda hacienda also called estancia (Argentina and Uruguay) or fazenda (Brazil) In Latin America, a large landed estate. The hacienda originated in the colonial period and survived into the 20th century. boulevards, including 17 acres for the middle school. About 7 to 8 acres will be used for the elementary school, officials said. ``This will allow students to share the cafeteria cafeteria: see restaurant. and allow sixth-graders to walk over to the middle school to take algebra algebra, branch of mathematics concerned with operations on sets of numbers or other elements that are often represented by symbols. Algebra is a generalization of arithmetic and gains much of its power from dealing symbolically with elements and operations (such as ,'' said Susan Strahan, budget director. The Mojave Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. is holding two elections March 13. One is to ask California City voters whether they want to pay more in taxes to build a long-sought high school and elementary school in their community. A second election will ask voters districtwide to approve a 10-year, $25.50 parcel tax that would generate money to renovate campuses. The school construction bond issue would raise more than $11 million to build the California City high school and elementary school and would cost about $1.50 per $1,000 assessed valuation, or $112 a year for a $75,000 home. The average assessed valuation in 1997-98 for a single-family residence in California City was $53,280. The parcel tax would generate $450,000 a year in Mojave and $1.25 million in California City. Revenue from the parcel tax would be used in the communities where they are raised and would match state aid to modernize mod·ern·ize v. mo·dern·ized, mo·dern·iz·ing, mo·dern·iz·es v.tr. To make modern in appearance, style, or character; update. v.intr. To accept or adopt modern ways, ideas, or style. local schools, most of them in Mojave. The board has approved paying $5,000 toward the purchase of 60 acres for the high school, located on the north side of California City near Mendeburo Road and Hacienda Boulevard. California City residents have long desired a local high school to spare students daily bus trips to and from Mojave High School, about 15 miles away. Mojave residents fear that the proposed new high school could result in the closing of Mojave High School, which now draws about 65 percent to 70 percent of its 565 students from California City. A survey of residents in the spring of 1999 indicated the community of Mojave would not support taxes to build schools in California City, district officials said. |
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