Board to Consider Use of Monte Vista School
Monte Vista School is no longer on the market, but its future is still up in the air.
Trustees of Newport-Mesa Unified School District will consider today whether the campus, now being used for a continuation school, will be converted to an elementary school.
“It’s because of the class-size reduction,” Trustee Judy Franco said. The district is taking advantage of a state offer to pay a bonus to schools that limit enrollment in primary grades to no more than 20 pupils assigned to each teacher.
Trustee Serene Stokes said that, of all the closed or partially closed schools in the district, Monte Vista would be the least costly to reopen as an elementary campus because it is still being used as a school.
Board members will weigh their options carefully, however, because they do not want to displace the continuation school until they can find another site for it, Franco said.
The board meets at 7 p.m. at Harper Community Center, 825 W. 18th Street, Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 760-3500.
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