[{"_1":2,"_99":-5,"_100":-5},"loaderData",{"_3":4,"_26":27},"root",{"_5":6,"_17":10,"_18":19,"_20":21,"_22":10,"_23":-5,"_24":-5,"_25":10},"user",{"_7":8,"_9":10,"_11":10,"_12":-5,"_13":-5,"_14":15,"_16":-5},"roles",[],"isAuthenticated",false,"isPremium","planName","subscriptionStatus","featureFlags",{},"insightsBudget","isDevelopmentHost","userPreferences",{},"recaptchaSiteKey","6LcvOJcUAAAAAHsB-gPGfGktcRlKpH7OTIU_dMTD","isImpersonating","impersonation","affiliateStatus","isFreedomPortal","routes/v2/article/layout",{"_28":29,"_30":31},"notFound",true,"relatedArticles",[32,75,87],{"_33":34,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":40,"_41":42,"_43":44,"_45":46,"_47":48,"_49":50,"_51":52,"_53":54,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":60,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":66,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},"mediaId",6211389,"mediaKeyId","3696167-53547cb5e8f709a3021b3823eb012061","parentId",3696167,"title","Board approves $22 million energy and facilities package including solar canopies, EV charging and HVAC upgrades","audioSeconds",1387,"startMs",3383000,"endMs",4770000,"viewUrl","/Search/View?dp=1&key=3696167-53547cb5e8f709a3021b3823eb012061&start=3383&end=4770","thumbnailUrl","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3696167-53547cb5e8f709a3021b3823eb012061/thumbnail_3383000.jpg","articleUrl","/articles/6211389/California/Board-approves-22-million-energy-and-facilities-package-including-solar-canopies-EV-charging-and-HVAC-upgrades","mediaUrl","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6211389-1c1f949f945f7666a247c7c223dacf00/orig.mp4?Expires=1775351262&Signature=OQ-TyHvJdPVO3crEw4KoyMsv7Y4c7FqNNIdyPi2GyHD6wpM1VeBXPqY87k5rfhSIWwjXoemkSKMNqbjGrfXjaWx8wjcte~yo2uO-~aqtxd80-GVRF~jaD6mMsZvP-71XNP3BywAn3CHEakE2-C0xYT-Yla586jT7L6mb-~SlMhnjPBLi8lkHSwKH79UrV4s2VYBbGt~jr5MYnv1YzUdODwX8XgSUYreDV475Ksp~aXfeijHF7mqugqaXJZAJCXrZGEVYCzmWc7LrE64e4vEEw1rNKFAd4kFsDXNMwlZ1T7OzWlzXJ10yBMZhlWTxKs~H3joiBwfQgdxSRCSqe04lWg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","author","","date","2025-06-06T21:42:56Z","article","The Western Placer Unified School District Board approved a districtwide energy and facilities package intended to reduce utility costs and fund facility upgrades through energy savings and financing.

Audrey, a district staff member leading the project presentation, told trustees the package combines near-term facility needs and energy-generation work: replacement of 47 single-zone HVAC units in classrooms at 12 Bridges Middle School; solar canopy arrays and EV charging at five school parking lots; electric-bus charging and a DC fast charger at the transportation yard; and LED lighting replacements across the district.

Jeff Small of Capital Public Finance Group, the district\u000financial advisor, described the planned financing and federal subsidy expectations: \"It's about a $2,700,000 subsidy payment,\" he said, referring to the federal tax-credit subsidy the district expects to receive under current law. Board materials and staff placed the total project cost at about $22,000,000, allocated roughly as follows: $4,300,000 for the middle-school HVAC scope; about $11,000,000 for solar canopy installations at five schools; $1,800,000 for EV charging (schools and transportation yard); $1,900,000 for LED lighting retrofits; a roughly $1,000,000 contingency for the HVAC scope; and $2,000,000 for other capital improvements.

Jennifer Butler of SiteLogic, the project developer, told the board the solar arrays are expected to have industry-standard lifespans: \"The solar panels have a 35 year lifespan,\" she said, and SiteLogic included operations and maintenance contracts and an optional solar O&M agreement that the board also approved.

District and vendor presenters described the repayment model: the board will approve a certificate of participation (COP) borrowing (up to $25,000,000) with a 25-year repayment schedule. Projected sources to repay the COP include energy savings (lower PG&E bills), avoided maintenance costs (particularly HVAC repairs), and the federal tax-credit/subsidy. Presenters and the board stressed the importance of a monitoring and verification program; the district will deploy an energy manager platform and ongoing performance monitoring to validate savings and spot billing issues.

Board members asked detailed technical and program questions: how the number of EV charging ports is determined (ports are required per kilowatt of installed solar generation), whether the district should aim for net-zero at each site (project team said net-zero is not cost-effective under current net metering and export rates), how O&M will be handled long-term, and whether on-site battery storage is included (vendors said no batteries are included in the base project; storage may be considered when affordable domestic production and incentives align).

Public commenters raised operational questions about construction impacts, replacement of aging HVAC units at other sites (a Sheridan teacher said her site units are aging), how parking and drop-off traffic will be managed during construction, and whether the annual O&M obligations will be closely overseen. The district assigned project manager Mike Adele to oversee construction and vendor coordination; vendors contractually include annual cleaning and inspection obligations in the solar O&M agreements.

The board approved the project resolutions and the set of contracts related to the scope: the master energy services agreements for solar and EV charging, the SiteLogic master agreement, the SiteLogic O&M agreement, and the district\u000energy-management/software agreement. Staff said the project kickoff is scheduled for July, loan funds would be available August 1, LED work would begin in October, HVAC replacements at 12 Bridges Middle School would occur in summer 2026, and solar/EV canopy construction would begin summer 2026 with substantial completion by late 2026.

Trustees and staff said they want regular status reports and verification of realized savings; the district expects the project to be cash-neutral or better during the COP term and to yield pure savings after the debt is repaid.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","6/3/25 Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees","oneSentenceSummary","The Western Placer Unified School District Board approved contracts and a financing plan to install solar canopies at five schools, add EV charging (including bus charging), replace LED lighting districtwide and replace classroom HVAC units at 12 Bridges Middle School, using a 25-year certificate of participation to be repaid from guaranteed and projected energy and maintenance savings.","taxTitle","Western Placer Unified, School Districts, California","taxId",38571,"location","California","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6211394,"Board reviews draft LCAP, signals deeper outcome tracking and program shifts",647,2072000,2719000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3696167-53547cb5e8f709a3021b3823eb012061&start=2072&end=2719","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3696167-53547cb5e8f709a3021b3823eb012061/thumbnail_2072000.jpg","/articles/6211394/California/Board-reviews-draft-LCAP-signals-deeper-outcome-tracking-and-program-shifts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6211394-d51fae7a12191c5d84bd5af186bfcc5c/orig.mp4?Expires=1775351262&Signature=Qa2R-3idEkFUaGXcOwvi7E1YQ7BLC~tzi~gdPwuFZ8QQuqzsk62sZ3BJrdkRQ0JmRRGzE7Bt0Fjarf9jsr~Yj~bkUojqASpr3l~Gu6DXHntWu6dXLHG52OTbjThdaevlyeTiUR0lftfCXCwDx7r1TXrFqw-fD6CbEt995pEVHQU6p0O~vOOlLz6-SpvlPFsrlstV2BFZyGD~sqo6vufXXKM6NxKGPpD9yhErkpz7odGXmZk1yBQxKwkGls4byPaLh1jTLCOlG~btSSkh6eZ~DG-xR~nEk75yFsz3giOogg-jmnUUVXq9TzwIqTFs8PeWLeH2rVTD2MWrTG1CPnlkkQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Reno, a district staff member, presented the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) to the Western Placer Unified School District Board and described the plan
s the district\u000budget and program blueprint for pupils identified as English learners, socioeconomically disadvantaged, foster or homeless, and students with disabilities.

\"The funds, for the most part, are funneled directly at them so we can help them be successful,\" Reno said, summarizing the LCAP\u000funding premise.

The LCAP presentation outlined programs currently funded (AVID, counseling and mental health supports, academic interventions, credit recovery, newcomer ELD, dual language immersion at Creekside, technology subscriptions, summer credit recovery, and wellness centers at the three secondary sites) and described proposed changes for 2025
nd 2026. Staff said summer school will move from LCAP to Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP) funding; the district plans to add early literacy screening (reading difficulties risk screeners) and expand data tools (Performance Matters, PowerSchool analytics and a new Analytics & Insights product) to better measure outcomes.

District staff said several program reductions or realignments are planned to balance the budget and focus services: a reduction in first-grade instructional aide allocations; elimination of one educational services specialist (reducing the department from three specialists to two) after a staff departure; and a shift of wellness-center operating costs off a Placer County Office of Education (PCOE) grant onto the district budget. Staff estimated the district will absorb roughly $350,000 per year to continue wellness-center services after the PCOE grant ends.

Board members and staff pressed for more outcome data tied to specific LCAP investments. Reno and other staff said the LCAP leadership team asked for stronger, more frequent performance measures so the district can tell whether particular programs are producing the intended gains. Staff described two tiers of data they want to expand: long-term summative results (SBAC and other outcomes) and shorter-cycle evidence (PLC-level common-assessment tracking and program participation data) that could allow midyear adjustments.

Public commenters and parent advisory representatives urged clearer, translated family communications, stronger transition supports between grades (fifth-to-sixth and eighth-to-ninth) and continued support for dual-language and AVID programs. District staff said parent information nights and improved outreach will be added to the LCAP action list.

No formal board action to adopt the LCAP took place; staff said final approval is scheduled for a subsequent board meeting after additional revisions and data requests.

The board asked staff to return with the updated LCAP showing the additional performance metrics and with clarifications about where reduced positions and the shifted wellness costs will appear in the 2025
nd 2026 budgets.","District staff presented the draft Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and described program and funding changes that will shift how services for unduplicated students are measured and paid for; the board did not take final action and will consider approval at a later meeting.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6211384,"Board approves budget committee recommendations; $3 million in 2025-26 reductions and procedural freezes",852,7465000,8317000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3696167-53547cb5e8f709a3021b3823eb012061&start=7465&end=8317","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3696167-53547cb5e8f709a3021b3823eb012061/thumbnail_7465000.jpg","/articles/6211384/California/Board-approves-budget-committee-recommendations-3-million-in-2025-26-reductions-and-procedural-freezes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6211384-4dfa3074601c51543fa1d89b5d5ccb7c/orig.mp4?Expires=1775351262&Signature=KzY-m3sLS8gjvbdqfX1~-Mah9ID3wY-X6d0~YwK4jF-Dl770lr63lq5CWT7Ydbt69Bqf7tFb4077aFgV7mPOJ8Et1elzbMsh8MnCqewOcjEVyD-c7ikHt2R0G74QAM9rD~WdJ-6sf-jFcItZxxTtolageKv-pTKHlGWlMtOkT1wvYSWnLV0VQnoKnkQyRVL4P0z~Dsh~IgD9IgQ0TB6NTZKmtmMty49r2AV2caCrdpA-diLpxntm2b1B3afOnZki30RErck7Ckp8l7Fsl5IgPCik56Kgde0X1b3ApY-PKvU-MgedVixV9Kw~mS~-jL2WGPx3QOGGgFVIcaAdQLv-~Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Audrey, district staff and chair of the budget advisory committee, told the board the committee voted on a package of budget adjustments and recommended a combination of one-time and ongoing savings to meet reserve requirements and create flexibility for future years.

\"We reestablished the budget committee, May. We were able we already had an ongoing list that we had developed at the first, sequence of budget reductions that we recommended,\" Audrey said, describing the process.

The committee recommended a set of reductions and procedural changes the board approved. Key items the committee and staff described include:

- A package of combined ongoing and one-time savings estimated at about $3,000,000 for 2025-26 and $2,900,000 for 2026-27 (committee recommendation).
- A districtwide 10% reduction in discretionary site and department allocations (applies to all site and central budgets to spread the burden equitably).
- A freeze on nonrequired conference and travel spending for schools and departments unless the travel is required by program certification or approved by cabinet (the committee described this as a procedural control rather than an immediate dollar line item).
- Reduction of the deferred-maintenance contribution for one year from $500,000 to $250,000 (a one-year change to preserve reserves).
- Use of some RDA funds and other one-time sources to support deferred maintenance in 2026-27.
- Renegotiation of the SRO contract that reduced ongoing costs (staff said the new contract for three SROs is about $300,000 and produces roughly $91,000 in ongoing savings).
- Continued efforts to reduce transfers to the cafeteria fund; staff reported improved food-service revenue and reduced projected transfers by roughly $100,000 compared with earlier projections.

Carrie Carlson, district finance staff, closed the budget materials by reminding trustees of the calendar and next steps: \"we will adopt our budget June 17,\" she said. Carrie presented preliminary 2025-26 figures that showed an unrestricted general-fund ending balance projected around $6.2 million and total fund balance near $16.1 million after the committee recommendations and budget updates.

Board members said the reductions were difficult but necessary to maintain a 3% reserve and to prepare for possible state funding volatility in future years. The budget advisory committee will continue to meet to monitor the district\u000financial position and to advise on further adjustments; staff said the committee will reconvene in September after the unaudited actuals are final.

The board voted to adopt the committee recommendations and the procedural changes that will be applied to the district's 2025-26 and 2026-27 budgets.","Trustees approved recommendations from the district\u000budget advisory committee that include a mix of one-time and ongoing reductions for 2025-26 and 2026-27, limits on nonessential travel and conference spending, a 10% reduction to discretionary site/department allocations and other adjustments intended to preserve a 3% reserve.","actionData","errors"]

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Board approves $22 million energy and facilities package including solar canopies, EV charging and HVAC upgrades

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Board approves budget committee recommendations; $3 million in 2025-26 reductions and procedural freezes