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The board said the action approved an amendment to a 02/13/2025 settlement agreement and release between the student’s parents and the district in OAH case number 2025010083. According to the statement read into the record after closed session, the district agreed to fund and provide educational services specified in the agreement and the student’s parents agreed to release claims against the district in exchange for those services.

Board Member Diaz moved the approval in closed session and Board Member Olguin seconded the motion, the board reported at the open meeting. The district did not provide further terms of the agreement during the public portion of the meeting; the board reported the existence of the action and the parties and case number on the public record.

The board then convened into the regular open-meeting agenda.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle"," 3/10/25 Special Board Meeting - Duarte USD","oneSentenceSummary","The Duarte Unified board announced in open session that, during closed session, it approved an amendment to a settlement agreement in a special education due-process case (OAH case number 2025010083). The board said the district agreed to fund and provide educational services specified in the agreement and the parents agreed to release claims.","taxTitle","Duarte Unified, School Districts, California","taxId",55383,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6288853,"Board denies Waldorf School request to lease Andrews Duarte campus, citing statute and existing negotiations",327,3737000,4064000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2535274-52286a94200748e02af23fdeaab9cebb&start=3737&end=4064","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2535274-52286a94200748e02af23fdeaab9cebb/thumbnail_3737000.jpg","/articles/6288853/California/Board-denies-Waldorf-School-request-to-lease-Andrews-Duarte-campus-citing-statute-and-existing-negotiations","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6288853-4d27970ff9552c57571a76a776c73e59/orig.mp4?Expires=1771184745&Signature=f6r63Jkr1FjuRdFECs0Z1OwZMJeL6Lptqy-K~tpe3llSF5HDA1WbO8LxDcMucb6byDeQhUsPLGHCLz36eoR2QBc5yc46Ny4TUvgQSe4jlHsfR0koTF80fagtbswoZwZY6RDex9-X0-kMI8JtOnObubt6WPkZQ9pQzWv3ivbDVNamNvHb51Dmw9MrF7c0moyBufzIKjGK5M1-JNpO0mXp9iD00kE0AlFdZNGlaNpsiA4VktSb-AjqDSg6ecYhGpTVcDCM26svjQh6piNbPvE0-ZWmfIDT6LnI5BqKeuPzpl5gxhgOQ6n5usaiXrskYIwcSsVN0Dz7ZkWdZJNz4zVOng__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Duarte Unified School District board voted unanimously to deny a short-term lease request from the Waldorf School Pasadena for the vacant Andres Duarte campus.

The motion to deny the request was made by the Board President and seconded by Board Member Diaz; the vote was recorded as 5–0 in favor of denial. The board directed Superintendent Doctor Hillman and staff to notify the requesting party of the decision.

District legal counsel Sabrine Abrahamian explained the board’s legal constraints on the record. “There are two overarching issues,” she said. “One is under the Education Code section [as cited in counsel’s remarks], which is what we would rely on to enter into the type of lease arrangement that the private school is seeking here. It specifically prevents districts from entering into short-term lease agreements with a private school that’s K–12.”

Abrahamian also told trustees the property is subject to an exclusive negotiating agreement with the Crestfield Townhomes developer. She said the developer is in the entitlement period and has submitted a site plan to the city; that active entitlement process restricts the district’s ability to consider an alternative short-term lease.

Board Member Reyes noted the Waldorf school has located an alternate site in Glendale and thanked staff for considering the request. The board’s motion instructed the superintendent to communicate the denial to the school and the requesting party.

The board carried the motion 5–0 and received the related demographic and facilities presentations for information earlier in the meeting.","The Duarte Unified board voted 5–0 to deny the Waldorf School Pasadena’s request to lease the vacant Andres Duarte campus. Legal counsel cited a state education-code restriction on short-term leases to private K–12 schools and noted an exclusive negotiating agreement with a developer for long-term disposition of the property.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6288857,"Facilities master-plan refresh shows campuses currently under capacity; $31.3 million in Beardsley upgrades listed",1074,2624000,3698000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2535274-52286a94200748e02af23fdeaab9cebb&start=2624&end=3698","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2535274-52286a94200748e02af23fdeaab9cebb/thumbnail_2624000.jpg","/articles/6288857/California/Facilities-master-plan-refresh-shows-campuses-currently-under-capacity-313-million-in-Beardsley-upgrades-listed","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6288857-9007d2ace933556aed93b85185a1da24/orig.mp4?Expires=1771184745&Signature=SFAWy2zYOZwwePKmi6oslXHxm87QH1~CHxbt6G55Km-1VQu40BZKdfh4A3Bho5q7u9b-FcWbQsvqTWbB51kVJqVV8N2IKIxvZSkwdc-QWqSPR6N~pImIDi9TbffnSkoCu-qrVsYKRokY13ztZJvMhwb~X35NFgWnZtWO1ZowEZV73RVlX-9MsJxnn5gumga4T1PMLvcXYB6n-aE4k7qiKsdJzf65zw7yev1~7JlhgForPu9el31K4zqZoyJ7jKI5TSeSNPl-IzvFJyk3M9zISjPJYIllpgZAqcOiJ75nYYcXiFNT-vL39T7~ibHubQeH94hAFO61SFs4RGdIqUN-Eg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Duarte Unified trustees heard a facilities master-plan refresh that inventories campus conditions, restates capacity figures and lists potential modernization projects across district campuses.

Jay Tittle, studio principal for Little Architects, told the board the refresh updates the 2016 master plan after campus walks, principal meetings and review of the new demographic forecast. He said the refresh includes campus-level capacity studies, photographs, a conditions assessment and cost estimates for modernization and planned construction.

Tittle said the Beardsley campus modernization block shows total upgrade costs of $31,277,000 and that a portion of the work is already under contract. He explained the difference between “construction costs” and total “project costs,” saying the latter include soft costs such as architectural fees, State Architect review and inspection services.

The consultant presented current enrollment and capacity snapshots by campus: Beardsley — 475 enrolled, capacity 779; Maxwell — 532 enrolled, capacity 732; Royal Oaks — 830 enrolled, capacity 1,018; Valley View Academy — 294 enrolled, capacity 312; Duarte high school — 733 enrolled, capacity roughly 1,162; MIT program — 70 enrolled, capacity 259. The report also replicates MGT’s near-term enrollment projections to illustrate future capacity needs.

Board members asked about how the master plan should be used. Tittle and a board member said the refresh provides a prioritized wish list and cost estimates to guide future decisions—“not everything is going to be built at once,” a board member said—and that safety and urgent repairs can be prioritized where funding allows.

Board members asked for additional outreach and more diverse meeting attendees for future planning sessions; staff said the refresh team had worked with district departments and principals and that full meeting minutes are included in the appendix.

The board received the master-plan refresh for information.","Little Architects presented a refresh of the Duarte Unified facilities master plan that inventories campus conditions, estimates capacity and presents a recommended project list. The Beardsley campus modernization package was listed at roughly $31.28 million in upgrades; the consultant said some work is already under contract.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6288860,"Duarte Unified projects 10-year enrollment drop; kindergarten capture rate holds at about 68%",1621,403000,2024000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2535274-52286a94200748e02af23fdeaab9cebb&start=403&end=2024","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2535274-52286a94200748e02af23fdeaab9cebb/thumbnail_403000.jpg","/articles/6288860/California/Duarte-Unified-projects-10-year-enrollment-drop-kindergarten-capture-rate-holds-at-about-68","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6288860-5dc12298351e5df9d6d8b738e1fb14e4/orig.mp4?Expires=1771184745&Signature=JMJvzQ~9KGtSvJ~L-5WFlFQ8sKwS6SJKqa8DTvZL0V85eCCSrOnPUgjAwfc-S5cMlJ5Av7481~2XEIv~K4T4FG6QqVudYO5tCdNLs1ywzPFgzlPnh77Jgc2H9ijK0JLkAMzpWb-W4Kq8~-q2X9gzFJiHVRzHHevaLcGcrusZguqOBvke9kdEL0x6MwR4dUqyfPPHzcyqhVIKPFasmZKGr6mkithWxh~Sz1Y2WLtNhk-hIRPyvAgEYBOPUYUjxcYFgqHaRPbExC0oMIEAEuYsV4cI7WFvDKpV~tR7~TgHmmofneWMIlrKCZCKesCwQcDKM2Xr6~K-lHEHbUtH0ekAFQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Duarte Unified School District officials heard on-the-record demographic projections showing a steady decline in resident student population over the next decade.

The 10-year resident-student forecast, presented by Esau Hoya, project manager for MGT Impact Solutions, estimates a 14% drop in TK–12 resident enrollment over the next five years and a 23% decline over 10 years, with more pronounced declines at the TK and high-school levels.

The forecast rests on mapped student home addresses, birth-rate data from the California Department of Public Health, residential development sampling and neighborhood-level mobility factors derived from three years of student records. Hoya said the local kindergarten “capture rate” — the share of births in the ZIP code who enroll in the district’s kindergarten five years later — has been around 68% in recent years and was used to project future K cohorts.

Why it matters: the district uses resident population forecasts to size staffing, classroom capacity and the facilities work plan. Hillman said the reports are part of a budget-stabilization effort and will help the district “make informed decisions” about long-term fiscal responsibility.

Key findings presented by MGT included: a resident TK–12 total of 2,445 in the 2024 base year projected to fall to 1,867 by the forecast horizon; an estimated 21% decline in TK enrollment over 10 years; and a high-school decline that the presenter summarized as roughly 14% by 2029 and about 29% over the decade. The presenter cautioned that forecasts are most precise in the near term (three to four years) and should be revisited regularly.

Hoya said declining births in ZIP code 91010 were a principal factor: births in that ZIP were 255 in 2019 and had dropped to 201 in the latest available year. He also told the board that newly built market-rate apartment sampling produced very low student yields — “a 50-unit [luxury] building generated, like, two kids,” he said — and therefore recent multifamily development has not materially boosted resident enrollment.

Board members pressed for additional breakdowns. The presenter told the board the student file used a fall 2024 enrollment snapshot (early October) and that, as of that snapshot, 511 of the district’s 2,956 enrolled students lived outside the Duarte district boundary. The consultant said the projected out-of-district enrollment was modeled by applying the resident forecast’s annual rate of change to the current out-of-district population.

The board asked for follow-up work on preschool-to-K transition counts, neighborhood-level patterns (including Bradbury), and whether specific new apartment projects generate meaningful numbers of school-age children; the presenters said those items could be analyzed and provided in subsequent materials.

The board received the report for information and discussion.","A demographic forecast presented to the Duarte Unified School District board projects a 14% decline in resident TK–12 enrollment over five years and a 23% decline over 10 years, driven largely by falling birth rates and low student yield from new multifamily housing. The district currently enrolls about 511 students who live outside the district.","actionData","errors"]

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Board reports closed-session approval of special-education settlement in OAH case 2025010083

Board denies Waldorf School request to lease Andrews Duarte campus, citing statute and existing negotiations

Facilities master-plan refresh shows campuses currently under capacity; $31.3 million in Beardsley upgrades listed

Duarte Unified projects 10-year enrollment drop; kindergarten capture rate holds at about 68%