Task Force Recommendations

From Sleepy Hollow Parents' Club News, November 8th:

Facilities Task Force Update

The Facilities Task force wrapped up its community and district meetings this past week and presented its recommendations to the OUSD Board of Trustees on Monday, Nov 4th.  After having community meetings at each school site and three additional task force meetings, the group recommended the following as priorities for the remaining $13.2 million dollar facilities improvement account left in the "Pulte" monies.

• Temperature/Climate control in classrooms throughout the district
• Bathroom upgrades throughout the district
• Establishment of a maintenance fund reserve
• $100K per elementary site and $200K to OIS as a discretionary facilities fund
• Solar project at OIS
• Shade/Rain cover at school sites on the yards/play areas
• Necessity of transparency /accounting on all expenditures
• The need to all address items on Appendix E of the district facilities needs plan in a systematic and intelligent way

The Board will vote on these priorities at the December 9^thOUSD Board of Trustee meeting.  Parents are encouraged to attend this important meeting to ask questions.  PC would like to thank Paul Dolan for representing Sleepy Hollow on the Facilities Task Force and for the many hours he put in helping frame these important recommendations.  If you would like learn more, click here: http://www.orindaschools.org/board/agendas

to listen to the audio of the OUSD trustee meeting. The Facilities Task force segment begins at minute 1:28.  The decision making has now shifted to the Board of Trustees.  Click here:

http://www.orindaschools.org/boardmembers

call or email the Trustees with your questions, comments and/or suggestions.

See blog page on this issue for more background.