Pomona Unified presents Measure UU project list, timelines and funding plan

Pomona Unified School District staff on March 7, 2025, presented a proposed project list and funding plan for Measure UU, the $385,000,000 school bond voters approved in November, saying the presentation is intended to guide the district’s first and second issuances of the bond.

Fernando Mesa, assistant to the superintendent for facilities maintenance and operations, told the Board of Education the goal of the presentation was “to develop a project list so that when we do the first and second issuance of the bond, that we have clear direction as to which way to move forward.” He said staff were not asking the board to take action that night but to provide feedback.

The presentation covered recent completed work, projects under construction and in design, funding sources and an example project schedule. Mesa described recent work including green space at Lopez Elementary, varsity baseball and softball field upgrades at Ganesha, Diamond Ranch and Pomona High School, LED and HVAC upgrades funded partly with ESSER funds, parking expansions at La Verne Charter, ADA ramps and renovated tennis courts, and improvements managed at the district’s Village at Indian Hill facility. Projects under construction or in design Mesa cited included window and door…