Schools
Architect Says Del Obispo Elementary Needs $8 Mil for Renovations
With the school district looking at $822 million worth of construction needs at all its schools, here's Del Obispo Elementary's share.
Del Obispo Elementary could use a $8 million facelift.
So says an architectural firm the Capistrano Unified School District hired in 2009 to come up with a list of facility needs across the 55-campus district.
That report was recently updated for 2013 pricing. The district is facing $822 million worth of needs and only has about $44 million on hand to address them.
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Included in the $8 million for Del Obispo is $861,000 million to replace half of the campus’s portable classrooms with permanent facilities. The total also includes is $891,00 in routine repairs and maintenance the district has put off, including those to floor covering, roofing and paving.
The 2013 numbers also include $486,000 to purchase the latest technology for students.
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Del Obispo has some fire-access challenges. Currently, firefighters cannot get to 7,540 square feet of its buildings.
In addition, one or more of its classrooms do not meet the minimum standard for classroom size, which the state sets at 960 square feet.
Below is an easier-to-read legend for the photo above, which includes Marco Forster Middle School. New construction, which originally included replacing all the portables, is in peach, remodels in yellow.
1. Administration remodel
2. New administration expansion
3. New library/media center
4. New toilets
5. Kindergarten classroom expansion
6. Classroom remodel
7. New play surface area
8. Fire truck turnaround
9. New play area
10. Americans with Disabilities Act upgrade
11. New play equipment area
12. New gymnasium
13. New locker rooms and offices
14. New P.E. classrooms
15. Acoustical separation
16. New fire access
17. Replace stair handrails
18. New concrete walkway
19. New music room
20. Comprehensive modernization (include natural daylight)
21. Library/media center remodel
22. New two-story building (26 classrooms)
23. New multipurpose room
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