SCHOOL WITHIN A SCHOOL MODULAR BUILDINGS WILL GIVE HIGHLAND HIGH BREATHING ROOM.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - Facing increased enrollment, the already overcrowded o·ver·crowd v. o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds v.tr. To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms. Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to: In the United States:
With 3,349 students already, Highland expects enrollment to hit 4,000 - nearly twice its current capacity - as housing construction continues in west Palmdale. Two tracts with 190 homes are being built adjacent to the school. ``We have homes going in across the street that will impact us,'' Principal Pat Iaccino said. Work will begin in the next two weeks to install three two-story modular buildings 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. that contain a total of 22 classrooms on the southwest portion of the campus. Crews will also put in three single-story classrooms, a restroom facility and additional parking. ``The modular buildings will be configured to form a courtyard in the middle,'' said Jeff Foster Jeffrey Douglas Foster (born January 16 1977, in San Antonio, Texas) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA. , 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. of the 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 . The project will be completed by next September. The Highland High expansion was one of the projects on the list to be funded by the $103.6 million bond measure passed by district voters in March if state matching funds Noun 1. matching funds - funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource - assets in the form of money had been available. To expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. construction of the project, the district will not wait for the outcome of the $13 billion state school construction bond measure on the Nov. 5 ballot, and instead will borrow $25 million in short-term financing to begin construction projects. The money will be repaid with state funds if the bond passes. If the bond does not pass, the district will use money from its own bond measure, officials said. ``We don't want to lose out on matching money that the state might provide through the November state bond,'' school board member Al Beattie said. ``Even though (the district's) bond money can pay for those facilities, we want to use bridge financing Bridge Financing A method of financing, used by companies before their IPO, to obtain necessary cash for the maintenance of operations. Notes: These funds are usually supplied by the investment bank underwriting the new issue. money in hopes that if the state bond passes, we can get the money back.'' The district this year added 13 relocatable classrooms to the Highland campus to handle student growth. The school was built to accommodate 2,100 students. ``I think with the configuration of how we put them together, when those 22 (classrooms) come in, the 13 portables in faculty parking lot will move away. We will get the faculty lot back. It will give us breathing room in terms of parking,'' Iaccino said. ``When it's all done, it will look real nice, and people will be appreciative.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Hallways and classrooms are jammed at Highland High School, above, and more students will be coming from new houses being built nearby, left. Facing increased enrollment beyond its capacity, the already overcrowded school plans to undergo a $5 million expansion. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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