Planning commission approves Kadino Academy charter school at 1460 East Main with conditions; enrollment capped at 70 to start

The El Cajon Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve a CEQA exemption and a conditional use permit allowing a charter school to occupy the first floor of a former Sharp Healthcare office building at 1460 East Main Street and enroll up to 70 transitional kindergarten through second-grade students, city staff said.

Staff reported the site encompasses about 38,768 square feet (nearly one acre) and includes a two-story, approximately 14,900-square-foot office building. The proposed school would create five classrooms (four classrooms of 15 students and one classroom for 10 TK students) and operate weekdays roughly 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., with after-school programming until 6 p.m. Initial enrollment would be capped at 70; staff and the applicant said future expansion would require a traffic study and city engineering approval of…