Schools
Lorbeer Construction Replaces Leaking Pipes
School district officials were surprised in December when they received a call that three classrooms at Lorbeer Middle School had flooded. After a temporary fix, the school is getting new piping this summer.
Construction to replace a burst water pipe at is set for completion July 29.
The summer project will be a permanent fix to a leak that left three classrooms under a few feet of water at the school over winter break, Pomona Unified School District Director of Purchasing Nate Holt said.
"The team was there from 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.," Holt said in June.
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Holt said that a team dug a nearly 40-foot trench to access a membrane that had decayed so that it could be resealed.
Money for the winter repair and the summer construction will be funded as part of a $235 million bond measure that was passed in November of 2008 to improve school facilities in the district.
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As part of the bond project spending, the district will also be paving the way for the , adding lighted marquees at Diamond Ranch High School, Diamond Point Elementary, and Golden Springs PreK-8.
A separate state bond will pay for concrete resurfacing of the asphalt basketball and volleyball courts at Diamond Ranch.
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