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  <created-at type="datetime">2008-09-22T20:52:47Z</created-at>
  <description>&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;Mounds, OK &amp;ndash; A groundbreaking ceremony  will be held this Thursday for Mounds Elementary School, which was destroyed by  an electrical fire in October 2007. The new school will replace the burned  building that serves approximately 350 elementary students. With 33,000 square  feet, the new facility will include twelve classrooms, three specialized  classrooms, administrative area, media center, gymnasium, computer lab and a  storm shelter. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&amp;quot;The new school will have a drop off lane  and covered waiting area,&amp;quot; said Crafton Tull Sparks architect Britt Embry, AIA.  &amp;quot;We want it to be a safe environment. The fire was a tragedy and we are happy to  be a part of the rebuilding.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;Exterior finishes will be brick and  synthetic stucco with a metal roof. Crafton Tull Sparks is providing  architecture, engineering, and interior design services. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;Crafton Tull Sparks has 320 employees with  offices in Conway, AR, Little Rock, AR, Oklahoma City, OK, Rogers, AR,  Russellville, AR, Tulsa, OK and Wichita, KS. Founded in 1963, they provide  architectural, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture and  surveying services across the nation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="font8"&gt;Shelley Bowersock, Manager Marketing/PR&lt;br /&gt;Crafton Tull  Sparks&lt;br /&gt;918-588-4026 / shelley.bowersock@craftontullsparks.com&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="../../../assets/0000/0872/Mounds_elementary.pdf"&gt;View press release&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <published-at type="datetime">2008-09-19T00:00:00Z</published-at>
  <sub-title>Mounds Elementary Groundbreaking on Thursday</sub-title>
  <title>Destroyed School Rebuilds</title>
  <updated-at type="datetime">2008-09-22T20:55:08Z</updated-at>
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