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Board authorizes staff to negotiate lease for Leadership High School at 300 Seneca using Prop 1D funds
Summary
The board authorized the superintendent to negotiate a lease with Leadership High School for the 300 Seneca site and pursue Prop 1D charter facility grant funds; staff said the site is being modernized for occupancy in late 2014/early 2015 and that Prop 1D would help recoup a 50/50 share of prior bond modernization spending.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Board of Education on Oct. 23 authorized district staff to negotiate a lease and related agreements with Leadership High School, a charter operator, for the site at 300 Seneca Avenue and to pursue a charter-facility grant under Proposition 1D to offset modernization costs.
"What we have is a special order of business, asking the board of education to authorize the superintendent or designee, to negotiate with Leadership High School...for the use of the site located at 300 Seneca Avenue, San Francisco, California," staff member Michael Davis said to open the item. He told the board the site is being modernized and is expected to be ready for occupancy by December 2014 with operations beginning in January 2015.
Davis said accepting Prop 1D funds would allow the district to recoup, on a 50/50 match basis, some of about $12,000,000 the district has allotted from the 2006 bond for modernization at the site. The board moved, seconded and approved the authorization by roll call.
What the board approved: authorization for the superintendent or designee to negotiate and enter into a lease and related agreements with Leadership High School and to pursue the Prop 1D grant application and matching arrangements.
Context: staff presented the lease authorization as a method to support a charter school facility grant while recovering a share of prior bond expenditures used for site modernization. Commissioners asked no substantive questions before the roll-call vote recorded in the meeting minutes.
Next steps: staff will continue negotiations and, if successful, return with the negotiated lease and related documents for further board action as required.
