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The Pleasanton Unified School District Board of Trustees is set Thursday to consider authorizing the sale of the remaining $35 million in Measure I1 bond funds so that the money can go toward the expansion and renovation of Alisal Elementary School.
In 2016, Pleasanton voters approved the $270 million Measure I1 general obligation bond that has been used up until now to fund a number of safety, infrastructure and maintenance projects throughout the district.
According to the Oct. 24 staff report, the district since then has sold and issued $235 million of the bonds authorized under Measure I1, leaving $35 million in bonding authority.
Originally, one of the projects listed under the Measure I1 goals when it was first approved was to use the bond money to build a 10th elementary school in the city in the Donlon Elementary School area. However, after further looking at the enrollment data and restructuring the district’s school boundaries, the district decided to ditch the plans to build a new school.
“Since the passage of Measure I1, the enrollment patterns within PUSD have shifted,” according to the staff report. “The capacity issues previously identified in the Donlon attendance area have been addressed through boundary adjustments and with declining enrollment there is no need for a tenth elementary campus in the foreseeable future.”
Instead, staff have identified the area surrounding Alisal as a location to expand on in order to address future growth based on new planned housing, which is why the district wants to put the remaining $35 million in Measure I1 money toward a renovation project for the school.
Staff evaluated the campus to determine if it could accommodate the projected enrollment growth and found that while it is possible, the school would require significant renovation.
“The added growth will likely require new classrooms and larger core facilities, such as the library, food service, multipurpose room, etc,” the staff report states. “This forward-looking approach ensures that we are prepared for the future growth of the Alisal ES attendance area.”
The last time the school was renovated was in 1998, according to staff.
“The final project and scope may include both campus improvements and attendance area adjustments to better balance the school’s enrollment with surrounding schools,” according to the staff report. “The planned future project may use a blend of Measure I1, Measure I, state matching funds, and local Developer Fee to fund the planned project.”
The full scope of work is still being reviewed as staff plan to come back to the board at future meetings with further design recommendation.
The board’s open-session meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 24). Read the full agenda here.
In other business
* District staff will be presenting a report to the board on the 2024 California Assessment of Student Progress and Performance (CAASPP) and English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) results.
“This report will give information about student results in English language arts, math and science for students overall, for student groups identified in the LCAP (Local Control and Advisory Plan) and for student results over the past three years,” the staff report states.
