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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">8/10/15</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dear Members of the Community,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Given the recent completion of the South of
Bancroft Construction Project, steps were taken this summer to move forward and
begin work on other necessary upgrades. Below is a brief scope of the work in
progress and projected timeline for the completion of the improvement projects.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Donahue Gym: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">During the course of the project, the contractor
discovered that some of the major glu-lam beams at the roof have dry-rot on
their ends where they connect to the concrete columns. The damage was
unexpected and has been inspected and reviewed by our structural engineer. All
these areas of damage seem to be due to leaking scuppers at the roof drain
areas. Apparently 5 out of 6 places have some sort of leak which contributed to
this condition. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">A repair has been determined and is being
reviewed by the Division of the State Architect for approval. All California
schools construction projects are under the jurisdiction of the State
Architect. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">At this time the work is projected to be
completed no later than the first week in October, 2015. At that time, all
repairs and improvements to the Donahue Gym will be completed and the building
should be available for the district to take occupancy. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We are working to minimize any disruption this
may cause to our school community and will be relying on our other gyms, in
particular the M Gym, to accommodate any classes or practices which may be
disrupted during this period.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We will provide weekly updates as new
information becomes available.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Respectfully,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Jorge Melgoza</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Vice Principal, Berkeley High School</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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