Lawndale Tribune AND lAwNDAle News The Weekly Newspaper of Lawndale Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - August 3, 2017 Wiseburn School Board Informed Opening Day at New High School Delayed Until Fall By Duane Plank fire/life/safety concerns must meet and adhere With less than a month remaining before the to strict guidelines established by the Division scheduled opening day at the newly constructed of State Architects (DSA). These issues revolve Wiseburn High School located on Douglas around student and staff safety concerns, and Street, the Wiseburn Unified District (WUSD) “those construction, protection, and occupancy School Board Trustees met last Tuesday evening features necessary to minimize danger to life to tackle myriad construction issues as the from the effects of fire, including smoke, heat, multi-million-dollar project steams ahead. and toxic gases created during a fire.” The Board also heard the news that the Johnstone laid out what is a tentative timeline new tentative opening day of school at the for the occupancy of the building, with the hope new building, which will play host to three being that when all the Is are dotted and Ts Da Vinci high schools as well as the District crossed, the three Da Vinci campuses would offices, has been delayed and is now penciled have their classroom materials packed up and be in, said WUSD Superintendent Tom Johnstone, for October. It was hoped that the new high school would open its doors to Da Vinci charter school students on August 22, but inevitable Free Digital delays have disrupted the start-up date. Da Vinci students will start their school year at Delivery their current locations in late August, and then relocate to the new Douglas Street edifice, if Herald Publications is now all goes well, in October. Johnstone said that construction delays on the offering to send you a link project, which began in August of 2015, are not to your favorite community uncommon on challenges of this magnitude. newspaper every Friday! The Johnstone said that the “delivery date” to emails will also include a list occupy the building was initially July 23. That of upcoming local events. date has obviously come and gone. Johnstone said that there were two main issues causing the Just email us at: delay. Gould Electric, the initial electric company dd@heraldpublications.com and bid-winner for the project, had defaulted earlier tell us which local community in the construction cycle. RDM was selected to newspaper you’d like. replace Gould, and while Johnstone said RDM was “doing a great job, there are little things Simple as that and free!!! the contractor found that don’t really affect electricity, but do impact what is termed in the construction trade as “fire/life/ safety.” The able to vacate their current buildings probably over a weekend. After the physical move has been made, Johnstone foresees allowing the teachers a couple of days to unpack and set up their classrooms before opening the new high school’s doors to incoming students. “We live in an imperfect world,” Johnstone said. “We have really been blessed on this project. Everything is going to turn out beautifully…it is just five or six weeks later than we wanted it.” WUSD District Facility planner Vince See School Board page 8 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................7 Classifieds............................3 Community Briefs...............2 Entertainment......................4 Legals................................ 6-7 Pets........................................5 Police Reports.....................3 Seniors..................................2 Sports....................................8 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 78˚/69˚ Saturday Sunny 79˚/68˚ Sunday Sunny 76˚/67˚ Large Crowds Come Out for Aerospace Summer Games 2017 The Aerospace Summer Games 2017 took place on Saturday, July 29 at Dockweiler Beach’s Lifeguard Tower 58. The day of fun and friendly competition drew a large crowd and featured participants from more than two dozen area aerospace and related companies competing in events ranging from volleyball to balloon tossing. Group Shot Photo Credit: Vera Mulyani, SpacePortLA.com
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