New School Construction
Yosemite School Finally Discarding Portables for New Construction
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 02/09/21
A high school next
door to Yosemite National Park will be replacing seven portables that
have been in use for "decades" with a new
6,000-square-foot, five-classroom building. Mariposa
County Unified School District, with 1,700 students,
has already begun the work of demolishing the existing portable
structures on the campus of its high
school.
According to local
reporting, the $4 million project received funding
from a 2016 bond initiative passed by county voters. The new
classrooms will include new technology and furniture, according to
Superintendent Jeff Aranguena.
The district said it
hoped to finish construction in the spring and begin using the new
building in the fall.
About the Author
Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.