Tag: school bond

Gavilan College’s broken promises for a San Benito Education Center amount to a watershed event for our future. The county’s political and community leadership have a critical decision to make. Are they going to fight to force Gavilan College to restore commitment of the $108 million, 2004 Measure E bond, or are they going to slink away and write off decades of the county’s future and the futures of many of its residents who must have more educational opportunities closer to home?

It isn’t a big surprise that San Benito High School District officials are broaching the potential for a second facilities bond. That's because the first one approved in 2014 covered about half of the district’s mega-campus “modernization” master plan that includes more than $80 million in projects that could be funded by the bond and general fund—with about $20 million of it slated for sports-related expenses.

San Benito High School trustees approved adding two facilities projects to a growing list of work paid for by general fund money and re-prioritized ones that will be funded by the bond during a special meeting this week.

Litigation involving a taxpayer and the Fresno Unified School District over the lease-leaseback process for construction projects has school districts across California—including in San Benito County—checking their contracts or not starting them at all.

San Benito High School students entering certain classrooms this fall will be greeted by air conditioning and modernizations that incorporate Baler red accent colors.

San Benito High School graduate Pablo Azcona remembers the days when he sat in classrooms with windows open and fans on and how it was unbearably hot.

R.O. Hardin, the oldest of the Hollister School District campuses, may be getting a campus makeover as soon as April 2016, according to information provided at last week’s regularly scheduled board meeting.

The Hollister School District trustees voted 4-0 last week in favor of approving a contract with a campaign consultant to analyze their ability to call for a second general obligation facilities bond.

The county's civil grand jury is the latest organization to challenge the use of lease-leaseback arrangements such as the ones planned for San Benito High School's bond projects.

School board trustees at a special meeting Friday afternoon approved lease-leaseback agreements for air conditioning, classroom modernization and upgrades for the Mattson Gym.