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District staff brief board on facility master plan, seek priorities for $150 million in Measure C funds
Summary
Director of facilities Brent Burns updated the Sunnyvale School District board on the facility master plan (FMP), explained how research from the California School Facility Research Institute informs priorities, and asked the board to prioritize 17 scopes of work; the board rated outdoor learning, restrooms/building systems and districtwide modernization as top near‑term focuses.
Brent Burns, the district’s director of facilities and operations, told the Sunnyvale School District Board the facility master plan is a high‑level roadmap and that no formal amendments would be made at the study session.
“We are here to go over the facilities master plan and bond program to provide an update to the board,” Burns said, adding that district staff will prepare project lists for board approval after the board prioritizes scopes of work. Burns said the district expects to use roughly $150,000,000 in remaining Measure C funds to sequence projects over the next three to five years.
Burns summarized CSFRI research the district uses to guide decisions — indoor environmental quality, spatial environment, and people/community — and described 17 scopes of work in the FMP, from modernization and deferred maintenance to outdoor learning environments and safety improvements. He noted a 2022 estimated cost for Sunnyvale Middle School of $100,000,000 escalated to a $111,000,000 modernized project budget after existing contracts were priced.
Board members then ran a prioritization exercise in which each member allocated 10 votes across the 17 scopes. That exercise produced a clear top three: Scope 14 (outdoor learning environments), Scope 10 (building systems including restrooms and power access), and Scope 1 (sitewide modernization/deferred maintenance). Burns said staff will use that prioritized guidance to create project lists and bring specific projects back for formal action and budgeting.
The session emphasized that the FMP itself is not being amended tonight; rather, votes will guide the district’s project sequencing and future amendments when project details return to the board.
