Los Banos Rotary Club History
Rotarians tour new elementary school

By Kim Yancey

It was the first and probably the last time a meal will be served in the library at Lorena Falasco School.

But for members of the Los Baños Rotary Club, lunch in the book repository Tuesday marked the starting point for tours of the new elementary school on Overland Avenue.

Leading the tours of the first new elementary school built in the district since R.M. Miano Elementary was finished in 1964 were the school’s principal Jane Brittell and its vice principal Jennifer Villalobos.

According to District Superintendent Paul Alderete, the school is being built on schedule and below budget.

Construction at the 10-acre site began in late March 2003. originally budgeted at $14.8 million, the school, when completed, will cost significantly less than that Alderete said. Since funding for the new school came entirely from state bond proceeds, the money remaining

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