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It's Shrimp Vs. School Board! And The Shrimp Won!

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Aug 24, 2008 9:26 am US/Pacific

It's Shrimp Vs. School Board! And The Shrimp Won!

OTAY MESA, Calif. (AP) ― San Ysidro school officials have delayed the construction of a new elementary school after the discovery of shallow basins harboring the endangered fairy shrimp on a vacant lot in nearby Otay Mesa.

Groundbreaking of the Vista Del Mar Elementary School was scheduled to begin last month in time for a summer 2009 opening.

But officials now have to draw up a fairy shrimp protection plan expected to take at least 18 months.

Tom Silva, the district's coordinator of construction, says the delay will increase the school's $27 million price tag. Silva said the project can come under budget if plans are scaled back.

Vista Del Mar would be the school district's eighth school to accommodate a growing population in Otay Mesa.

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