Southern Kern officials outline use of $60 million bond for new schools, CTE space and campus upgrades

Southern Kern Unified School District officials on Jan. 23 described planned projects funded by a $60,000,000 bond passed in November, including a possible third elementary school sited on district-owned land, a new career and technical education building at Rosemont High School and multiple campus modernizations.

District leaders said the site under consideration for the third elementary is about 20 acres on Rosemont Boulevard between Rosemont High and Tropico. The CTE facility discussed would be roughly 15,000 square feet; an estimated price range given in the meeting was "between 18 to 28," but the speaker did not specify units or whether that figure referred to thousands or millions. Officials said the district hopes to begin design work and submit it to the state once funding for design is paid.

In addition to the potential new…