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Paramount Unified board delays facilities master plan after Buena Vista community raises equity and outreach concerns
Summary
Following extended public comment from Buena Vista students, teachers and parents alleging insufficient outreach and predicted harm from a proposed campus relocation, the Paramount Unified board voted to table acceptance of the district facilities master plan and said it will pursue further outreach and options to remove the Buena Vista concept from the plan.
The Paramount Unified School District Board of Education voted to table consideration of its facilities master plan after extensive public comment from Buena Vista High School students, teachers and parents questioned whether the district had meaningfully engaged affected stakeholders.
Teacher Garrett Leppard urged the board to delay the vote, saying the plan "places the interest of one school ahead of the rest of the students and their families" and that Buena Vista families had not been included in the planning process. Several Buena Vista students and alumni described the school as a close‑knit campus that provides…
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