Board presses staff for clearer facilities plan, timelines for reorganization and staff placements
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Board members pressed staff for clearer timelines and public clarity after staff described progress on placements, DLR design drawings, and a plan to return a revised facilities (formerly 'long‑range') plan in April; questions focused on course alignment, special education continuity and communications to families.
Board members spent an extended portion of the meeting questioning staff about the district reorganization process, course alignment across high‑school sites and the status of the long‑range/facilities plan.
Staff reported they are ahead on one‑to‑one placement conversations and are aiming to announce tentative placements by the end of February; those placements will remain tentative pending board approval of the 2627 contract referenced by staff. Administrators said PowerScheduler (the electronic course scheduling tool) will be used after counselors complete one‑on‑one conferences with students; staff also said counselors will work to preserve continuity for students who receive ongoing counseling and that families will receive letters before the end of the school year about final placements.
Architectural firm DLR is preparing design drawings for program and space alignment. Staff said those renderings should be available by February and that a bid day could occur between the March workshop and board meeting, with final approval of bids anticipated at the March board meeting.
A protracted discussion arose over terminology and public communications: the board identified confusion between a previously adopted “long‑range plan” and a facilities plan staff are preparing. Several members urged that the document be renamed and reissued, with sections that are no longer being pursued removed and the remainder organized into phased 1–5, 6–10 and 11–15 year scopes. Staff said they will return a draft facilities plan in April.
Board members asked staff to better coordinate communications with counselors, principals and families on course access and to summarize which elements of the prior long‑range plan remain in active planning and which do not. The board did not take a final vote on reorganization tonight; direction was for staff to continue placements, coordinate stakeholder communication and bring a facilities plan draft in April.