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Meeting Date:
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4/23/2012 - 7:30 PM
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Category:
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Untitled
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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16.6 Authorize Funds for Additional High School Projects
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LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan) Goal:
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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If the Board decides to accelerate the sales of the 2010 Measure C bonds, we also need to address another request made by the community group recommending the acceleration of the sales of bond. They recommended that staff review the project list for each site with the site staff. Since the project list identified those priorities that were not completed in the 2002 Measure C and those needs were reviewed with the principals during the spring of 2010, the District staff recommends completion of the existing approved project list.
Staff is also recommending that we identify funds that can be provided to the high schools (both comprehensive and alternative ed) to prioritize additional projects to meet their students’ needs. Staff recommends focusing any available funds on our high schools because all our children ultimately will attend a high school campus. Each one needs significant upgrades in order to provide opportunities comparable to the features of a high school built in the last ten years. Staff has identified $42 million in funding that can be reprioritized to focus on additional high school projects. The $42 million was identified based on $31.3 million in savings in our overall solar project, the elimination of our irrigation project, and the deferral of our lighting upgrade projects. Staff feels that the irrigation project can be eliminated due to the fact that we have not been able to substantiate original savings estimates from these projects. Staff feels the lighting upgrade project can be deferred.
If approved by the Board each comprehensive and alternative education program will be given a designated budget. Each site would be expected to create a facilities committee comprised of parents, teachers and administrators to consider various needs and create a prioritized list of projects. This group needs to be representative of the school community. This group will work with the facilities staff to create cost estimates for the projects being considered so that the committee knows they are within their budget. The prioritized list would then need to be approved by the school site council. If this action item is approved, the goal would be to bring each site’s approved priority list back to the Board by the second Board meeting in June. This will allow the facilities team the summer to identify critical path activities and project timelines.
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Funding:
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Fiscal Impact
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$42 million from the 2010 Measure C bond sales
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Recommendation:
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Approve as presented.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Loreen Joseph - Secretary to the Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Steven Lawrence - Superintendent
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Vote Results:
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| New Motion | | Member Linda Mayo Moved, Member Lynne Dennler seconded to approve the New motion 'amend motion to allocate $2 million for alternative high schools and $40 million to be allocated between six comprehensive high schools. '. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 5 - 0 | | | | | Gary Eberhart | Yes | | Linda Mayo | Yes | | Sherry Whitmarsh | Yes | | Lynne Dennler | Yes | | Cheryl Hansen | Yes | |
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