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School
opens: OPEN!
September 5, 2006 |
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Principal: John Aguilar
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Status: Construction
is completed.
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Location: 3750 Ward Road, San Diego, CA 92116. Normal Heights in
Mid-City. The site is bound
by Edna Place and East Mountain View
Drive on the north, the alley between 38th and 39th Streets and the
proposed
39th Street Park on the east, the alley between Madison Avenue and Ward
Road on the south, and the alley behind existing residential units,
immediately
east of East Mountain View Drive/Madison Avenue on the west (a.k.a.
Alternative
Site A). |
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Purpose:
Normal Heights Elementary has eased overcrowding at Adams
Elementary
and Franklin Elementary. |
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New school size: The new school can
accommodate 600 students in grades K-5 on 5.9 acres. |
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Acquisition
and relocation: The new school
required the acquisition of 40 parcels, and the relocation of 154
households consisting of 300 residents. Of the 154 households, 12 used
their relocation funds to become first-time homeowners. |
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Name of new
school: The school is named for the surrounding neighborhood area,
which in turn is named for the former San Diego Normal School, a
teacher's college and forerunner to San Diego State University.
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Campus
features: 28 classrooms, 58,000 square feet of facilities, 5.9
acres, 58 parking spaces, joint-use field for soccer and baseball,
multipurpose room, library/media center, lunch shelter, elevator and
accessibility features,
kitchen, faculty lounge, workroom, administrative center, and
energy-efficient design features. A colorful
design will reflect the artistic nature of the community, and a "grand
hallway" through the campus will provide after-hours access from the
west via a curvilinear sidewalk with lamppost lighting. In addition,
six
trees are being monitored/saved during construction.
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Project
partners: Soltek Pacific and Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects
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Project
milestones:
• Proposition
MM approved: November 3, 1998
• Draft
Environmental Impact Report: April 5, 2002
• Board
of Education approves site: December 10, 2002
• Community
names school: November 18, 2003
• Contract
awarded: November 3, 2004
• Groundbreaking
ceremony: June 16, 2005
• First
day of school: September 5, 2006
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Media
releases | Special
events | Fact
sheet |
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Site
map |
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Artist's rendering | Site layout
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Property
parcel map with addresses |
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Final
Environmental Impact Report |
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Final
Relocation Plan: English
| Spanish |
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Board
of Education Report, December 10, 2002
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