Month: July 2016

SDUSD approved the spending of $20,000,000 Prop Z bond funds, by vote of 4-1 (Beiser), to relocate the Innovations Academy charter school. This decision evicts the charter school to a dirt lot in a commercial business park on portable buildings, tears down the existing school, in order to build a 4 story apartment complex in its place with questionable financial gain to the district and big financial gain to a developer – and uses taxpayer money to do it!

Several Voice of Scripps Ranch coalition members attended the meeting to speak on agenda items H-15, the approval of the bond funding and agenda item, I-32, the approval of an additional $530,000 in bond funds to pay for environment impact reports for other tasks as assigned with the Scripps Mesa site.

NBC News San Diego Covered the Story:
Scripps Ranch Residents Upset Over Funding Plan for New Charter School

Here’s what Scripps Ranch voices are saying:
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Look for Yard Signs in the Coming Months
NO Closing Schools for Apartments to emphasize the importance of school property FOR KIDS not developers and the overriding goal of Kids and Neighborhoods 1st!

On July 26th, the SDUSD board plans to vote to approve spending $20 million dollars of bond money for buying new property and building a new school for Innovations Academy.

Why are we spending taxpayer bond money when there is existing suitable school property and replaceable modular buildings?
Taxpayers will be burdened with the unnecessary debt!
Plan to attend and have your concerns heard.

The board meeting information is as follows:

What: SDUSD School Board Meeting
Date: 07/26/16
Time: 5:30pm meeting start – will post window of time when this action item will be heard
Location: Eugene Brucker Education Center Auditorium
Address: 4100 Normal Street
San Diego, CA 92103
www.sandiegounified.org/board-meeting-information