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The Hammers Are Flying
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1995 IS STARTING WITH A BANG-THE BANG OF A HAMMER! Two new elementary schools and a relocated Teague
The school district has an ambitious plan for approximately Middle School will also be completed by July 1996. One
$150,000,000 worth of construction over the next two years elementary will be located in the Oviedo area on the west
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to upgrade existing facilities,improve technology,and relieve side of Lockwood Boulevard and the other, located on
hovercrowded conditions for a growing student population. Shepard Road at the north end of the Highlands community,
oo Classroom remodeling and renovations are starting at will be the county's first two-story elementary school. The
Bear Lake,Casselberry,Crooms,Longwood,Midway,and new Teague Middle School will be identical to Indian Trails
to Pine Crest Elementary. Middle School and will be located on
These renovations will enlarge the the north side of McNeil Road, be-
' ,d classroom areas; add storage rooms tween Bear Lake Road and Pearl .
and bathrooms; improve lighting, Lake Causeway.
vi3, heating,ventilation and air-condition- �. Improved technology is coming
�,�Vit ing;and provide for future technology soon to Lake Mary High School,
improvements. Similar construction Longwood Elementary,Sabal Point
c was completed at Lake Mary El- Elementary,Heathrow Elementary,
C8 ementary School last year and is 1 and Wekiva Elementary as the re-
scheduled later this year and next for suit of State Retrofit Grants that they
Lawton, English Estates, and received last year. Next year similar
o Ct. Goldsboro Elementary. Most of work will be completed at Oviedo
cthese classrooms have not been reno- High School, Lake Brantley High
vated since they were built over thirty Aerial photo view of Winter Springs High School School,and Geneva Elementary.
h i.` years ago. to open in fall of 1996. South Seminole Middle
" ` Covered play areas are also be- School students,faculty,and admin-
ing constructed at the elementary schools on the west side of istration are preparing for a major challenge. When school
the county. Similar pavilions were completed last year on begins in July 1995,the old classrooms will be gone and con-
k, the east side of the district to provide shade and shelter dur- struction on a new three story classroom building will soon
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`c.. ing the summer months of year-round education. start.During the time that the entire campus is being rebuilt,
The new Winter Springs High School is continuing on- the school will be housed in almost 50 portable facilities.
schedule,with a projected completion date of July 1996.The The existing gym and media center will still be available for
U Lake Howell High School student body will be housed at the use.Every effort will be made to accelerate the schedule,but
new school during school year 1996/97 to allow for demolition the construction period may span two school years.
V and replacement of the main academic building at Lake Howell. The administration building at Lyman High School is be-
The new Winter Springs High School students will occupy the ing expanded and renovated with an expected completion date
facility the following school year and Lake Howell students will of January 1996.
move back to a newly constructed and renovated campus.(The The School District Administrative Office is under con-
round building at Lake Howell will be replaced with new two struction on the north side of Lake Mary Boulevard,east of
1 story academic and administration buildings, and the paved U.S..17-92,and is expected to be ready for occupancy in the •
parking area and access will be expanded and improved.) fall of 1995.
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