HUNTINGTON BEACH : Oldest School to Get New Classroom Wing
The Huntington Beach City School District’s oldest school will get a new start with about $3.7 million in improvements to begin next week.
A groundbreaking ceremony will take place Monday at 3:30 p.m. for the new Mike Case Classroom Wing at the 60-year-old Ethel Dwyer Middle School.
The 32,000-square-foot wing will have 10 classrooms, including six science laboratories, a library and media center, a multipurpose room that seats 400 students, and four food service lines to serve lunchtime meals.
Frank Blonska, supervisor of construction for the district, said that the addition will enable the school to serve 300 more students. The school’s enrollment currently is about 860. The addition also will accommodate the growing number of students who will come from new home construction in the city.
Blonska said construction will take place during the school year with completion targeted for August.
The new wing is named after former science teacher Mike Case, who taught at the school for 30 years and retired in 1988. He died of cancer in April.
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