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Staff Editorial Money for the Capistrano Valley High School modernization was granted by the state of California on May 25, 2005. However, CUSD has to come up with matching funds and have the contracts to do the work in place. Why hasn’t CUSD picked up the state money to modernize Capo High School? Also, money to modernize Hankey was granted on May 25, 2005. In June 2004, seven schools had modernization money approved. It wasn't until October 2005 that CUSD picked up the money. A school district has only 18 months to retrieve funding after it has been approved by the state. It was just six weeks before CUSD would have lost the money when the district finally picked it up. Meanwhile, the district picked up the checks to go forward with the “dumpsite high school” in San Juan Capistrano ($60 million) and the one for Arroyo Vista. It shows where the priorities are. A very simple question to ask CUSD: when is the district planning to apply for the modernization checks approved on May 25, 2005, by the state of California for Hankey, Capo High School and Barcelona? (Check the above site and click on these three schools to see how much money was approved.) The administration’s focus has been on San Juan Hills High School, Arroyo Vista’s K-8 conversion and, of course, the new administration building. |
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