Committee approves Measure D expenditure report as district unveils facilities master plan quick-start list

The Citizen’s Oversight Committee on Tuesday approved the Measure D project summary — a report of bond expenditures for work completed since the prior report — and heard a detailed briefing on the district’s new facilities master plan and a set of “quick‑start” projects for the 2025–26 year. John Anderson, the district’s director of maintenance, operations and transportation, described completed summer work at several campuses, including playground replacements and safety fencing at Forest Grove and Robert Down elementaries, replacement of an aging sewer line and interior finishes at Robert Down, and a suite of bathroom modernizations across campuses using standardized materials to simplify future repairs. Anderson reported infrastructure repairs at Pacific Grove High School that included detection and emergency repair of three level‑1 gas leaks and replacement of a state‑of‑the‑art pool boiler after the previous boilers failed. He said electrical switchgear for the high school has been purchased and is going through Division of…