THE TRADESMAN
| Volume 9 No. 2 | -- A NEWSPAPER by and for DIMAN STUDENTS -- | January, 2006 |
Diman is Expanding??
By: Hina Naveed
Tradesman Staff
It seems as though everyone is talking about the school expanding. I recently had the chance to sit down and talk with Mr. Ramos, Superintendent/Director of Diman, about the school's plans.
Q: When and in what areas is Diman expanding?
A: All my plans are currently preliminary and not 100% certain, because they need approval from the school committee. But I am hoping for a new building for our LPN students; this building would be somewhere on Stonehaven Road, next to our student parking lot. I would like to set aside money, and have Diman students build the building. We would gain space inside the building, which would, in turn, lessen crowding in the school. I would like to see the Dental program become a four-year program, and move Mrs. Daley's freshmen Health Careers shop down to the LPN lab, and have Dental occupy her room, because they are a little cramped for space. And I would like all the teachers on the faculty to be assigned to a certain room, instead of having certain teachers move from classroom to classroom.
Q: How many students can we currently accommodate and will our expansion plans affect the number of students we can take in?
A: "We can currently accommodate 1,323 students, if and when we expand we won't be able to take any additional students in but it will ensure that the hallways are less congested."
Q: Do you plan on having universal air conditioning throughout the school? If yes how soon will the plans be underway?
A: Eventually, yes, I am hoping for air-conditioning in the whole school, but as to how long it will take, I am unsure. Hopefully by next summer we should get all of D wing done, the LPN office should be air conditioned, and all the area past the Electricity Shop."
So if you were one of the ones getting annoyed by the overcrowding in the hallways and not being able to turn around without bumping into somebody, just hang tight, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
