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San Marcos Unified outlines multiyear construction and bond plan; Measure JJ audit receives clean opinion
Summary
Facilities director Tova Korman walked the board through Knob Hill reconstruction, Witham Park renovation, interim housing plans and athletic-field projects; the board accepted the 2024–25 Measure JJ bond audit, which issued a clean opinion and will be reviewed by the CBOC next month.
Tova Korman, the district’s executive director of facilities, presented a comprehensive update on the district’s capital program, describing active reconstruction at Knob Hill, renovation work at Witham Park, interim housing and portables plans, and athletic-field projects at multiple high schools.
Korman said the Knob Hill reconstruction (a full replacement of buildings) is in phase two and remains on schedule for a December move into newly completed classrooms; the project includes new TK/kinder drop-off circulation and a bus route through the site. She also reviewed interim-portable placements, phasing plans (including a temporary relocation of sixth graders to San Marcos Middle School for one year), and renderings for new library and communal spaces.
Korman described upcoming stadium turf and track replacement at San Marcos High School — including permanent LED field lighting and the relocation of throwing events — and noted similarities and contractor efficiencies with the Mission Hills project. The district held a public hearing on a draft Mitigated Negative Declaration for the San Marcos High athletic improvements; no public speakers asked to comment at the hearing.
Financial and governance items tied to facilities also moved forward: the board accepted the 2024–25 Measure JJ bond audit, which an external auditor delivered with an unmodified (clean) opinion; staff noted that the bond program was in early stages for that fiscal year and the audit covered a limited number of transactions. The board also approved a funding agreement to annex a Lenar Homes project into Community Facilities District (CFD) 14; staff said the annexation will result in a mitigation payment equal to 130% of level-one developer fees — approximately $692,000 — for school facilities.
Korman stressed the scale and complexity of coordinating multiple simultaneous construction projects and said interim housing will begin this summer so utilities and portables can be placed before the next school year. The board thanked facilities staff and city partners for coordination on traffic and logistics related to construction activity.
