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Parents press board for bigger MUR, clearer budget as Carmel Del Mar modernization proceeds
Summary
At a facility-focused hearing, parents urged the district to expand Carmel Del Mar’s multipurpose room (MUR) rather than convert the library into an 'innovation center'; district staff said cost, roofing and HVAC needs and prior master-plan budgets constrain options and more design work is required before committing changes.
Scores of Carmel Del Mar parents and PTA leaders pressed the Del Mar Union Elementary School District board on April 23 for clearer budget detail and for an expanded multipurpose room to serve assemblies, performances and daily school uses.
Parents said the site’s current MUR is too small for events, and they criticized draft plans that would modernize the school’s library into a larger “innovation center” rather than expand the MUR. “If we had an MUR that fit our school, we could use it in many more ways,” said Monique Wood, recently elected PTA president for Carmel Del Mar.
District presentation and budget context: Facilities Director Mr. Delahanty reviewed progress on modernizations across the district and summarized preliminary cost estimates for Carmel Del Mar. Staff provided high-level ranges: about $250,000 to expand the MUR’s nonstructural finishes, roughly $1.5 million for a remodeled…
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