2017 Bond Stakeholder Advisory Group Recommendations

Resolution 5398: Accepting the Recommendations of the Bond Stakeholder Advisory Group and Commit Staff and the Board to Full Implementation of the Recommendations committed the Board and staff to fully implement the Resolution by December 2017.

This Resolution came with 4 work items:

1) That the Board and Superintendent by December 2017 be able to clearly articulate a short and long-term strategy that addresses all currently identified health, safety, and ADA issues.

2) That the Board has a clear plan on how the at least $150 million of additional health and safety investments will be spent to first address all high-risk areas as a priority.

3) That the Board dedicate $8 million in state matching funds to addressing additional health, safety, and accessibility needs, and communicate to the public that the $8 million investment is on top of the $790 million.

4) That the Board should request clarification from the Superintendent and staff about how investments in seismic upgrades are prioritized, and affirm its understanding that two effective ways to increase student and staff safety include full modernization and replacement of schools and adding or strengthening seismic bracing when roofs are replaced.

The first work item is unquantifiable, as a work item it is not particularly useful as it could mean anything, thereby making inaction relatively easy.

The second one is similarly difficult to evaluate. Resolution 5729 demonstrates one of the many iterations of the Board's plan to spend money on the modernization project, but there is no telling hat this clear plan might be.

The third work item is tough to determine

The final work item was not completely ignored, as seismic upgrades were prioritized in retrofitting through the 2012 and 2017 Bond campaigns to modernize certain schools, but this is the only evidence of this work item being addressed.