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Asset management chair presents recommendations for former Inglewood Adult School
Summary
Cheryl Matthews, chair of the asset management advisory committee, presented a report recommending next steps for the former Inglewood Adult School site and described the committee's outreach and public-input process, which included 18 committee meetings and multiple community sessions.
Cheryl Matthews, chair of the district's asset management advisory committee, presented the committee's findings and recommendations on the former Inglewood Adult School property at 106 East Manchester Boulevard during a special Inglewood Unified School District board meeting on July 9.
Matthews said the advisory committee met 18 times beginning Oct. 19, 2022, and conducted outreach that included a public hearing on June 12, 2025, and community meetings on April 3 and April 5, 2025. "Pursuant to Education Section 17390, the advisory committee presents its report to the county administrator and board," Matthews said, describing the committee's role and process.
Board members pressed for details about public participation and how representative the outreach was. Board Vice President Dr. Carlos McGee asked whether the committee had supplied counts of attendees at the public hearings and community sessions; Matthews said the office could provide exact numbers and that the figures were not in the written report. In discussion, a member of the committee stated the committee received 117 written survey responses and that additional in-person input was captured during outreach events.
Board members widely praised the committee's work while urging more targeted outreach before major property decisions. Several members recommended "boots on the ground" strategies: tabling at community festivals, attending HOA meetings, and placing outreach at geographically dispersed venues so that parents, renters and property owners directly affected by any decision can weigh in.
The report itself and the advisory committee's recommendations were presented for the board's review; the report includes a set of options for the site's use and disposition. Matthews told the board staff would provide the requested attendance counts and any further breakdown of outreach responses.
The board did not take a final vote on a disposition option for the Inglewood Adult School site during the special meeting; members discussed next steps and outreach improvements. The board set its next regular meeting for Aug. 6, 2025.
