(FOX40.COM) — An empty 11.5-acre lot at Vine Street and Westgate Drive in Lodi may soon transform into a new school following years of community demand and growing populations in the Lodi Unified School District.
District officials say the new school, which is still in the planning stages, will be named Samuel M. Gantner Elementary School.
Gantner, a Lodi native considered a hometown war hero, fought and died during the attack on Pearl Harbor…