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Consultant outlines options for Perris Union High to monetize underused school land
Summary
An asset‑management briefing presented statutory surplus procedures and alternatives — including short‑term leases, joint‑occupancy ground leases and fee‑generating agreements (billboards, cell towers) — that could produce revenue for Perris Union High while preserving district uses, a consultant told trustees.
Serene Abrahamian, a partner at Orbach, Hough & Henderson, told the Perris Union High School District board on Jan. 25 that school districts increasingly treat property as a revenue asset and urged trustees to begin by inventorying the full universe of district‑owned parcels. "Managing a district's properties with a priority to school functions" and then planning for joint use or leasing, she said, can generate long‑term revenue without surrendering district control.
Abrahamian summarized the three stages of the statutory surplus process required when a district seeks to sell or long‑term lease property: (1) the board declares property surplus; (2) a 7‑to‑11 committee reviews and issues a recommendation in open session under the Brown Act; and (3) the district conducts a public…
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