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PHOTO COURTE8Y CITY OF COPPELL
Moseley, left, officially swears in Coppell
Peters at the city council meeting.
nee ring and public works.
"This contract will allow us
to replace approximately
70 street failures, 80 alley
failures and 20 curb fail-
ures. ..
Griffin added that
Procon had not worked in
Coppell, but the references
and checks on the company
appear they are qualified
and capable of completing
the work needed.
"Ten bids were submit-
ted," Griffin said. "They
ranged from $318,959.95 to
$554,782.50."
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Charter school
on Heartz Road
to be debated
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BY JIM KilPATRICK
STAFF WRITER
After delaying approval of a planned charter school
at the former Christ Our Savior Lutheran school build-
ing 140 S. Heartz Road the planning commission will
meet 7 p.m. Thursday to make a decision.
The Manara Academy, which trying to establish the
charter school, will offer Arabic and French classes as
well as expeditionary learning and a hands-on
approach to education.
Problems arose after residents brought forth traffic
and safety issues to the commission.
"The case was continued by the planning commis-
sion last month because of a number of citizens who
raised some questions in regards to safety," said Gary
Sieb. director of planning, "Specifically transportation
was addressed, and how to get in and out of the project
and how to refrain from congestion on the streets."
Last month, the planning commission took the issue
under advisement and asked the applicants to do a traf-
fic study.
"The Manara people have submitted a rather com-
prehensive traffic study," Sieb said. "We are reviewing
it and will have a recommendation to the planning
committee this Thursday."
According to the 98-page traffic study, to be present'"
ed by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., student
dropoffs would begin at 8 am. and pickup time would
be at 3:30 p.m.
According to the report, Heartz Road has not shown
a significant change in traffic volume since at least:
1999. '
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Decision may come fo<i
Charter school on Heartit~
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discussion Thursday,0
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According to the Man~"
Academy Web site, the ide'a}~
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of establishing Manata}~
Academy as a charter schO()I,,;~
in Coppell has been theiJ
result of extensive researebi
and discussions among ~~~.
ents, teachers and co~~~~
ty members. 'r1.!i~~
The Web site added ~:~i
the immediate North TexaS';~
area, including Coppell,~f
Irving and Lewisville, is";)
becoming a very diverse an~$t
cosmopolitan area. This ';
indicates a need for educa:;~i
tional communities that sup::"
port high academic achieve.~
ment, as well as address the ':'
needs of the students, their,.
families and their communi-.1'
ties. ,;
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garten to fifth-grade school
at Christ Our Savior
Lutheran Church.
"We, as a group of resi-
dents from various neigh-
borhoods near the proposed
Charter School are con-
cerned about the increased
traffic flow/safety of resi-
dents and students as there
has been new neighborhood
development, expansion of
surrounding churches and
schools since the previous
Christ Our Savior school
was open," said Deanie
Jaime, a member of the con-
cerned residents. "We are
currently reviewing the traf-
fic impact analysis that was
submitted to the planning
and zoning department by
Manara Academy and are
looldng forward to an open
and Town Center.
Future AED locations
will include the Wagon
Manara Academy would
accommodate up to 350 in
K-5 the first year of opera-
tion and would add a grade
each year until reaching a
total of 500 students in
grades K-8.
Bus service to the school
would be through the Dallas
County Schools of Durham
Bus Services and no buses
would be stored on the cam-
pus. Three buses are
planned for the first year of
operations.
Larry Best, the church's
congregation president said
the property was designed
for an elementary school
and at one time there were
more than 400 children
attending the pre-kinder-
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"I really liked the IBM
engineering program
because it really was set up
to encourage young people
in American to be creative,
open-minded and to dream
about solving every day
problems," said Dustan
Dendy, an eighth grader. "I
liked the analogy used by
the engineers that the world
is like a big playground that
we (engineers) get to play in
each day."
Buol was pleased with
what he saw this year.
"I believe the student
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awareness must be
increased so that those
involvement was enhanced
this year by a focus on their
participation in writing
notes, quizzing their peers
and the mix of internet and
hands-on demos," Buol said.
The engineers did four
classes during the day, each
class running 50 minutes.
According to Edin, when the
bell rang the students want-
ed to stay and continue to
learn about the field of engi-
neering.
"As students and staff
watched the IBM engineers'
presentation and activities,
it was exciting to feel their
passion for the many career
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fields in the sciences and in'i
the area of engineering, "~'
Edin said.'
Buol has been coming to "
CMS-West for 25 yearS.<
Buol's children attended'
eMS-West. '..~,r:
"These guys come almosti
annually," Edin said. "They~
really get the kids to partici-, "
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such programs has help.'t':: '~}..
plant many "seeds of curios-~.. ~'~~Y.O
ity" with our students as .... [~tho
they begin their career path~ .;,. oM
ways, Edin said. ., "'!. '
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