Plan to Build 11 Schools Will Be Scaled Back
The Santa Ana Unified School District will scale back its plan to build 11 elementary schools because of rising costs, but officials said they can still meet capacity targets by increasing the size of the campuses to be built.
Despite a $145-million construction bond that passed in 1999 and an expected $185 million in state matching funds, the district lacks the money to build all the schools that were planned, district board president John Palacio said Wednesday.
The district expects to cut two elementary schools from the list and will increase the capacity of the nine remaining campuses from 650 to 850.
The announcement came during a board meeting Tuesday.
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