UPGRADE COMING FOR WEST BORON.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer BORON boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. - Muroc Joint 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. trustees have accepted a bid for the $1.3 million 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, of West Boron Elementary School elementary school: see school. . The lowest bid, from Valley Construction, was several hundred thousand dollars more than expected, so district officials might have to reduce the scope of work. ``We will try and work with the successful bidder to do change orders to reduce the scope a bit to get back within budget,'' Superintendent Mike Summerbell said. One possibility is to drop plans to replace windows with energy-efficient ones, Summerbell said. Other work planned for the 50-year-old campus includes making it accessible to the disabled, adding insulation to walls and upgrading air-conditioning and heating systems. The West Boron school has 380 pupils from kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be through sixth grade. State funding will cover 60 percent of the project's cost, and the district's share will be paid with a long-term loan. The district has done modernization work at all of its campuses except West Boron and Boron High School. Modernization of the Boron High School campus was canceled because the district officials were tardy tar·dy adj. tar·di·er, tar·di·est 1. Occurring, arriving, acting, or done after the scheduled, expected, or usual time; late. 2. Moving slowly; sluggish. in sending back plans for the $1.2 million project to the state. The district is challenging the cancellation, and attorneys for the district will be meeting with officials from the Department of the State Architect to try to get the project reinstated, Summerbell said. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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