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Updated Sept 18th, 2008
Hillside School’s
Construction
Project
Nearly Complete
Hillside School and Learning
Center began adding nearly 500
square feet to its building by
expanding the individual tutoring
room and adding a snack shop during
the summer. It is an effort to
meet the increased student demand
for its programs and to improve the
student environment.
In addition to the new construction,
other projects are slated for
completion this fall. These projects
include re-painting the inside, retiling
the front porch, re-designing
the two back patios, creating concrete
walkways, renovating the
inside of the caboose and re-landscaping
the student common area.
“When we first moved into our
facility on Oak Grove Drive, we
believed we had a 10-year period
before we would need to expand,
but the growth has been so dramatic
over the last eight years that we
needed to do something sooner,”
said Hillside Executive Director
Bob Frank.
Hillside is a community educational
resource for students who
may need a smaller class environment
for learning, one-on-one educational
support, or make-up high
school classes. Hillside serves all
ages of students with different educational
needs.
“Summer school alone has
grown exponentially, which placed
an increasing demand on the facilities,”
Frank said. “Luckily the
board was forward thinking in planning
for this expansion and the
money has been quietly raised over
the last few years to fund the additions.
We now need about $80,000
to complete the smaller projects we
have slated but we feel very confident we will meet this goal through
our annual fund drive which kicks
off in October.”
Hillside has a committed donor
who will match up to a $25,000
contribution to Hillside. “This
would help ensure the completion
of all the additional projects,” said
Hillside Chairman Bryan
Herrmann.
None of this would have been
possible without support from the
community. “Hillside would particularly
like to thank Jay Johnson of
Jay Johnson Architect for designing
the additions, Mark Snashall of
Chelsea Construction for building
and maintaining the addition on
budget, and the building department
of La Cañada Flintridge for their
cooperation and helpfulness in ushering
the project through the proper
steps for approval,” Frank said.
“This is very exciting for all of us
and will help us continue to meet
the educational needs of the students
in the community.”
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