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Parents demand emergency repairs at Buena Vista/Horace Mann as board considers reallocating 2016 bond funds
Summary
Parents, teachers and city officials urged the San Francisco Board of Education to shift 2016 bond money to urgent repairs at Buena Vista/Horace Mann, request lasting security upgrades and expand outdoor-learning funding; staff proposed a reallocation that prompted an amendment and was tabled for further legal review.
The San Francisco Board of Education heard hours of public testimony and a detailed staff proposal on Oct. 12 over whether to reallocate portions of the district’s 2016 general-obligation bond to urgent renovations and safety work.
Chief facilities officer Kamala Nathan presented a plan that would reassign bond authorizations to a set of priorities she said were needed "to make substantive progress over the next 6 to 18 months." The staff package included $15 million proposed for design and near-term improvements at Buena Vista/Horace Mann (BVHM), about $6 million estimated to install Columbine locks and related security systems at roughly 18 remaining sites, $20 million for a Southeast facilities plan to address several overdue modernization needs, $15 million toward a Mission Bay…
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