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Inglewood Unified committee weighs reuse and revenue options for Highland, Kelso and Morningside campuses
Summary
The Inglewood Unified School District asset management committee reviewed community tour feedback and a draft asset-management report template on Oct. 21, weighing preservation, leases, educational partnerships and sale restrictions for three surplus campuses and agreeing to focus on sections 1–3 of the draft report at its next meeting.
The Inglewood Unified School District asset management committee held a public meeting Oct. 21 to review feedback from recent site tours of the former Highland and Kelso campuses and to discuss reuse options for the larger Morningside campus.
Chair Cheryl Matthews opened the meeting and asked staff to summarize what committee members had learned during weekend tours. Dr. James Morris announced that appointee Chandana Holmes had resigned before attending her first meeting and that applications to fill the vacancy are open through Nov. 3. The committee then approved the Sept. 25 minutes by roll call.
Committee members who toured Highland described large, contiguous grounds and generally good building maintenance for the campus’s age; the district noted Highland’s approximate acreage (about 5.78 acres) and that the parcel is zoned for residential multifamily. Several members said Highland’s size and layout could support educational or multiuse programming, while others cautioned that the land’s scale complicates housing-only development.
Kelso (the Warren Lane site) drew sharper concern. Multiple members described interior mold and deterioration and…
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