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Laguna Beach USD staff brief board on facilities master plan and funding options including potential bond
Summary
District staff presented the 2023 facilities master plan update, energy master plan and funding choices — including a potential general obligation bond (~$81–82M at $8.85 per $100,000 assessed value) or Certificates of Participation (~$34M capacity) — and outlined polling, bond counsel and timeline steps if the board pursues a ballot measure.
The Laguna Beach Unified School District received an informational briefing Dec. 16 on its 2023 facilities master plan, an energy master plan and a range of funding options that could be used to finance campus modernization and infrastructure work.
Ryan Zadeh, the district's director of facilities, explained the master plan is a 10‑year roadmap last updated in 2023 and described proposed projects by campus: El Morro (new one‑story classroom and kitchen, TK/K modernization, playfield upgrades); Top of the World (new central lunch shelter, kitchen, restrooms); Thurston (gym expansion, black box theater upgrades); Laguna Beach High School (administrative/counseling building, theater, CT and art classroom updates); and lower‑priority district office modernization.
Zadeh also summarized the 2024 energy master plan, which identifies solar…
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