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RUNNING START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR - Chaparral Elementary students on Tuesday ran around the school’s track, which was refurbished over the summer, without charge, by an Orange County contractor. School officials said the work would have cost the district between $20,000 and Photo by Beverley Brooks $30,000 to repair, reseal and paint the track. See story Page 22.
Construction greets returning Broncos BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK Rancho Bernardo High encountered a few construction and remodeling projects upon returning to campus last week. The estimated $3 million in renovations include constructing a food kiosk and bathrooms for students and staff, along with extensive renovations in the 700 and 900 buildings, which house career technical education facilities such as digital media, video production, digital photography and computer graphics. Some of the renovation projects are being funded via a state grant, while the remainder is through bond money, said Kathleen Porter, Poway Unified School District’s executive director of career technical and adult education. The 700 and 900 building projects at RB
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High are partially funded through the last of three state grants PUSD applied for several years ago. The first came through in 2007 to partially renovate the career technical classrooms at Poway High. The second went toward those aspects of Del Norte High’s construction, Porter said. “We were really surprised,” Porter said of recently receiving the money for RB High since the application was submitted more than two years ago. The state money comes through Proposition 1D, which voters passed in 2006. To receive the money, the district had to provide matching funds — in RB High’s case, the state and district each provided a little more than $702,000, she said. The money could only be spent on See RBHS, Page 16
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It could be late this or early next year before an action plan is formed by those trying to get recycled water for landscaping in Rancho Bernardo’s public areas. Jim Denton, who helped organize an Aug. 21 recycled water forum, said proponents will likely look to City Councilman-elect Mark Kersey for help in organizing a committee of interested parties’ representatives. Additional leadership assistance might also come through the Rancho Bernardo Community Council since it has an ad hoc committee looking into the issue. Kersey, a Rancho Bernardo resident in the Bernardo Heights neighborhood, said he cannot officially do anything until taking office on Dec. 3, but he plans to continue learning about the issue and talking with relevant par ties during the coming months so he is well informed. He added that water availability is among his top priorities and a quality-of-life issue. “Ever ybody is focused on the long-term water supply,” Kersey said. “We live in
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