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Show Page ID North Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, September 5, 1984 : I New Schools amd Additions Greet Students a APRIL ADAMS should begin soon, and progress on Review Staff FARMINGTON Over $6 milDavis County schools are complete or nearly complete for the opening of school this week. Enlargement of the facilities was necessary to handle the countys rapid growth rate, said Bonnie Durr-ancpublic information officer for the county school district. Last year, it was reported by county planners that if the present growth rate continues, by the year 2000, the population will be over 300,000. Presently, the countys population is about lion in additions to Centerville Elementary has had , 0 19 new classrooms, a new media center and a kitchen added to it to handle the communitys growth rate. Ms. Durrance called it an almost entirely new school. Four of the new classrooms are 1 1 e, 140,000. ! of schedule. the facility , These schools were designed so that additions could be made to them. We knew they were located in areas of high growth. It is much cheaper to add six classrooms than to build a new school, Ms. Durr-anc- e said. The schooUdistrict is the,jhird largest in the state with over 46,000 students and 1,674 teachers, she added, with 168 of the teachers new to the district. Included in the district is 42 elementary schools, junior highs, and six high schools. The additions may also reduce the high teacherpupil ratio. Since 1967, Utah has had more students per .teacher load than any other state in the nation. Some teachers have as any as 40 students in a class, with the average being about 26 students teacher, she said. The required lasses, such as English, always have higher ratio than specialty classes. The new $2.3 million Lucile Reading Elementary School in north Centerville,. the third elementary school in the community, should.be opened about Feb. 8, 1985. Construction of the facility, now 30 percent complete, has suffered from weather and water problems. Natural springs were uncovered when excavating began, in addition to an unseasonable amount of rain. However, interior construction 1 1 S - & V::lS needed to house students from two district schools until the Reading school is completed. But three of the classrooms will relocate at the Jenny P. Stewart Elementary in Centerville until the rooms are completed. Superintendent Lawrence Welling said it was not known how long the second and third grades classrooms would have to attend the school until the work was completed. Students attending Centerville Elementary will also either have to bring their lunches or purchase sack lunches at the school cafeteria until the kitchen is completed. .Again, Welling said it was not knbwrt when the kitchen would be finished. Layton Elementary has had 21 classrooms and a kitchen added to it, costing approximately $2.1 million. Though the kitchen is not quite completed, the school lunch program can provide sack lunches until the work is finished. j : ' -- V' . ' x - ' 7i"' . ) , North Layton Junior High Schools new 13 classroom addition, costing $840,000, is completed, she said. ' school this week will find some changes to their school. The Davis County School District pushed through a massive improvement project this past summer. Consequently, MANY STUDENTS ENTERING Syracuse Elementary students will have to bring their lunches for the first week or until the new kitchen is complete. The school lunch program can also provide brown bag lunches. Whitesides Elementary in Layton has a new completed media center and activity center, she said. The project cost approximately $368,000. South Weber Elementarys $304,777 completed enlargement consists of six new classrooms and a media center, activity center and of-Ms. Durrance said. The $724,000 project is completed except for the media center, which will not affect the opening of the school. South Davis .Junior Highs new cafeteria was ready for conference room. Bountifuls Adelaide Elementary school opening. Centerville Junior High Schools received five new classrooms, a new some students will have to bear with construction crews in certain areas, such -as Layton Elementary (above), which are m&mf putting on finishing touches. ten new classrooms were also pleted for school opening at a cost of $531,000. A sod playground area has also been completed for students at the 0 Knowlton Elementary in ton. The project was delayed for two years because of flooding problems, but sod and fill dirt was taken from com-fice- s, Farming-$230,00- , , . .... - 1 K. 4 se two-pha- school year. . " . v, Kaysville Elementary to complete the project. The bid opening for Kaysvilles construction project will take place in the middle of October, said Welling. The building will have over 25 rooms, and the first phase should be completed by the next . . . i & r Kf . M 'i'-- A ; V. V - I |