California school districts considering the sale and/or lease of surplus District-owned property must comply with a set of guidelines and procedures. Currently PUSD owns three vacant sites:
- Black Mountain Ranch Southern (Santaluz)
- Santa Fe Valley (Four Gee Road)
- Torrey Highlands (behind Westview High School)
The first step in this process is the appointment of an advisory committee to advise the Board on the identification and sale of real property not needed for school purposes. The Board of Education approved the formation of a 2024 Real Property Advisory Committee (RPAC) at their August 15, 2024, meeting. This committee must consist of no fewer than seven (7) members and no more than eleven (11) members.
The members must be representative of the following:
(a) The ethnic, age group, and socioeconomic composition of the district;
(b) The business community;
(c) Landowners or renters, with preference to be given to representatives of neighborhood associations;
(d) Teachers;
(e) Administrators;
(f) Parents of students;
(g) Persons with expertise in environmental impact, legal contracts, building codes, and land use planning
The RPAC will hold 4-5 meetings in the upcoming months, with at least two public hearings. For more information on the RPAC process, visit this link on our website. If you are interested in being a member of the RPAC to review District demographics, review current vacant sites, and prepare a recommendation to the Board regarding next steps for its vacant site please apply at this link by Friday, September 6, 2024 at 4:30pm.
Staff will look to make a selection for Board approval at an upcoming meeting.