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After Pleasant Valley High fire, Chico Unified authorizes emergency procurement and selects architect for building D reconstruction

Chico Unified School District Board of Trustees · May 14, 2025
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Summary

District staff told the board the April 25 fire was confined to the D building; staff announced the building is structurally unsafe, an investigator is on site, and the board approved emergency procurement authority, selected HMC for DBU reconstruction and approved contract awards to move Inspire's school project forward.

Chico Unified trustees were updated May 14 on the April 25 fire that damaged the D building at Pleasant Valley High School and approved several immediate steps to accelerate restoration and reconstruction.

District deputy Jacqueline Krueger told the board the fire was "successfully contained to just the D building" and that a cause/origin investigator would deliver a report within about 30 days. She said the district is finalizing a safety plan — shoring roof trusses and walls — to permit interior…

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