DODDs make preparations for newcomers

DODDs make preparations for newcomers
By Jimmy Norris, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, June 1, 2008

SEOUL — Department of Defense Dependents Schools peninsulawide are busy making room for next year’s influx of new students.

The district expects 628 more students, boosting its student body to about 4,700 this fall, or 222 beyond current capacity, said DODDS-Korea chief of staff Tony Harris during an interview last week.

To house the students, several projects are either in the works or slated to begin soon, Harris said.

At Yongsan Garrison, where officials expect about to be about 150 students beyond capacity, more than $600,000 of construction is planned this year. A two-story, eight-classroom building is under construction outside the high school’s Falcon Gym.

Harris said the building will be used by middle school students and can accommodate about 100 students at a time.


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