Pomona Unified seeks board direction on $100 million Series A from Measure UU to repair aging schools

Pomona Unified School District officials on Aug. 15 asked the Board of Education to prioritize how the district will spend the first issuance, Series A, of Measure UU, requesting $100,000,000 to address a range of facility needs across the district.

Darren Knowles, presenting staff, told the board the study session was meant to narrow broad categories and "seek consensus from the board so that we can move forward with more detailed plans." He said the district would use the facilities master plan, community town halls, bond-survey results and work-order data to identify the highest-priority projects.

Why it matters: the district's facilities master plan identifies roughly $2.6 billion in needs, and Measure UU's first issuance is limited in size. Knowles said the board and staff must prioritize whether bond proceeds should go first to health and safety items, infrastructure repairs, programmatic support, curb appeal or emerging needs.

Community and staff input cited repeatedly during…