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CTE coordinator unveils $18 million vision for new Cloverdale High career-education building; $6 million state grant application due Dec. 1
Summary
Cloverdale Unified’s CTE coordinator presented concept plans for a new CTE building estimated at $18 million and said the district will apply for up to $6 million in state CTE facilities funds (1:1 match required); application is due Dec. 1 and award notifications are expected in March.
Riley Dale, Cloverdale High School’s CTE coordinator, told the school board the district is pursuing a major upgrade to career-technical-education facilities aimed at consolidating pathways such as floral, farm-to-table, child development and animal science into a single, modern building.
Dale presented concept renderings and examples from other districts and said an architect’s preliminary budget estimate places the project at roughly $18 million. She said the state CTE facilities grant program will allow districts to apply for up to $6 million but requires a one-to-one local match. Dale said the district has an equipment award of about $1 million for farm-to-table work and is pursuing local partnerships, the CTE Foundation and the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce to help secure matching funds.
Trustees asked detailed questions about timelines and conditions. Dale said applications are due Dec. 1, award decisions are expected in March, and if awarded the district would have roughly one year to assemble required materials including a five-year facility plan and a board resolution; funds would not be released until required documentation and approvals (including DSA where applicable) are in place. She said the application would be withdrawn if the district could not secure the required match and that awarded funds could be reclaimed if a match was not produced.
Board members expressed support while noting the ambition of the plan and the district’s limited discretionary cash. Members discussed fundraising approaches — one-on-one outreach to businesses and foundations and naming or partnership strategies — and asked whether a professional project manager was budgeted. Dale said a project manager was included in the architect’s budget and that the district would use consultants for construction oversight.
Dale said the proposed site is adjacent to the tennis courts and would require relocating storage containers and adding plumbing and student restrooms; she flagged permitting and site constraints as open issues. Next steps include CTE advisory-committee review (meeting scheduled the following night), a board decision on authorizing the application, and outreach to potential donors and partners.
If awarded, the grant would cover part of a larger project that district staff and community partners hope to scale through additional fundraising and matching sources. For now, the district is moving forward with grant preparation and community engagement.
The board heard the presentation and discussed next steps; no final commitment to construct the building was made at the meeting.
