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Public hearing on Elite Public Schools petition focuses on three Mare Island sites, student safety and facility compliance
Summary
Elite Public Schools sought board approval of a material revision to its charter petition to add three Mare Island sites; the public hearing centered on facility uses (offices, field, workout site), ADA/accessibility, supervision, transportation and lease terms.
The Solano County Board of Education opened a public hearing on a material revision petition from Elite Public Schools (submitted Aug. 30, 2024) to add three Mare Island sites — Elite Offices (administrative), Elite Cove (field) and Elite Landing (workout/training space). Dr. Ramona Bishop, speaking for Elite, described operational reasons for the change, including the need for safe practice and workout facilities, donated equipment from the Sacramento Kings and the limits of relying on third-party fields.
Dr. Bishop said the board and the public had previously raised concerns during a Williams facility visit; Elite has since completed repairs and received a revised facility rating of 92.68% after follow-up inspection. She described the lease arrangements as incorporated in the organization's budget and said the organizations are keeping leases short (two years) while the long-term high-school site matter remains under litigation.
Trustees pressed Elite on safety and compliance: questions covered whether the proposed office and workout spaces require a different occupancy classification, whether facilities had undergone a certified-access (CASp) review, what supervision and scheduling would look like at the workout site, transportation expectations for families, potential parking overflow, surveillance cameras and insurance coverage. Elite's team said students would use the workout site by appointment, supervised by Elite staff or coaches who meet hiring and fingerprinting standards, that families primarily provide transportation, and that Elite has obtained required insurance certificates for Mare Island use.
Board members emphasized conditioning any material-revision approval on clear controls for student access and safety. Trustee questions highlighted that if families or students are permitted on-site at any time, that changes the regulatory and permitting regime. "We are currently residing in closets and all kinds of interestingness with regard to where we are positioned just because we have outgrown the campus," Dr. Ramona Bishop said in describing the operational need for the sites. The hearing closed after board members indicated they had received the presentation and asked staff to review lease terms and compliance details.
