The San Diego Unified School District board approved an additional $40 million dollars, in taxpayer Prop Z and Prop YY bond money, to move the Innovation Academy Charter School from the Scripps Mesa Conference Center property to build apartments on the school land. See: October, 28 2019-Agenda Item I-32.
This $40 million dollars is in addition to the $20 million dollars of bond money already approved in 2016 to move the school. See: July 26, 2016 – Agenda Item H-15.
That’s $60 million dollars in taxpayer bond money spent on moving this successful neighborhood school in Scripps Ranch, relocating it to a light industrial area in Kerney Mesa at 5454 Ruffin Road, San Diego, CA . Taxpayers are paying for the school relocation. Taxpayers are paying for the property purchase, development of the classrooms, admin, and support staff space, playground and parking facilities.
Voters approved Prop Z and Prop YY to: repair, renovate and revitalize district schools. Bond projects include classroom technology, safety and security upgrades, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) upgrades, new/renovated facilities for College, Career and Technical Education, temporary classrooms replaced by permanent classrooms, air conditioning, ADA improvements to athletic facilities, turf fields, and other capital improvements at traditional and charter schools throughout the district.
Public school land is for education and the benefit of children, not developers and bad business deals by SDUSD.
$60M to get $400K per year, for 66 years? What a deal?!?