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Sunnyside USD details override and bond spending; capital projects and classroom furniture noted

Sunnyside Unified School District Governing Board · September 29, 2025
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Summary

District staff presented required override and bond reports showing roughly $8 million in M&O override allocations supporting about 128 positions, $7 million capital override with $4.3 million spent to date, and that the district has expended $88 million in prior bond proceeds on facility upgrades and buses.

District staff provided the board the statutorily required updates on override and bond proceeds, outlining how voter-approved funds have been allocated and spent.

For the maintenance-and-operations (M&O) override passed in November 2023, staff said the district budgeted roughly $8,000,000 to maintain school safety and security (including campus monitors and crossing guards), fund IT technicians and elementary/middle school librarians, support mental-health professionals, and underwrite arts, music and athletics positions. The presentation said the M&O override funds supported approximately 128 full-time-equivalent positions and that some categories remain partially unspent and will carry into the current fiscal-year budget.

On the capital side, the district described a $7,000,000 capital (district additional assistance) override: $3,500,000 for safety/security and modernization across 18 buildings, $1,400,000 for athletic and fine-arts facilities, $1,400,000 for classroom technology and furniture, and $700,000 for new buses and service vehicles. Staff reported about $4,300,000 has been spent from that capital override so far.

District staff also reviewed an $88,000,000 bond program passed in 2011; after bond sales from 2012–2018 and a series of projects, staff said the original bond proceeds have been fully expended through FY24–25, citing completed upgrades like auditorium sound systems, gym floors, press boxes and fire-alarm work.

Board members discussed disposition of replaced furniture (procurement will inventory and consider auctions or disposal), a lack of warehouse/storage space for excess items, and details about new buses and emergency egress features. Staff said asbestos/lead abatement will be required for any demolition work on older facilities.