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Parents demand emergency repairs at Buena Vista/Horace Mann as board considers reallocating 2016 bond funds

San Francisco Board of Education · October 12, 2021
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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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