Orange Unified School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet
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Orange Unified board hears plan for five pilot school facility projects by 2030 22:19
- The Orange Unified School District Board of Education held a work-study session on a staff presentation about learning environments by 2030. 16:50
- District staff described baseline facility standards, five pilot schools and a phased approach for employee and community listening over the next 3 years. 22:19
- A speaker said study sessions have one agenda item and the board does not vote, and staff said the October 15th board meeting would cover deferred maintenance. 34:27
Item by item (13)
- Opening and agenda adoption 0:11
- Learning Environments 2030 presentation 18:42
- District staff said the goal by 2030 is modernized facilities and programs, and named five pilot schools: Crescent, Esplanade, Prospect, Taft, and Yorba Middle School. 22:19
- Staff said planned projects include HVAC updates at Crescent, roofing and drainage at Esplanade and a multipurpose room upgrade at Taft, phased up to 2030 to meet Division of State Architect requirements. 28:34
- The superintendent said the cohort model aims to minimize combination classrooms in elementary schools but cannot eliminate them entirely. 32:39
- Public comment 33:45
- A speaker at public comment said family listening and community listening are different and that residents without children in schools lack an easy way to communicate with the district. 34:46
- The speaker said there are 47,000 households in the city of Orange and about 20,000 families in the district. 36:32
- Pilot school selection and timelines 36:54
- A district staff member said the schools were selected from different feeder patterns, some to build on strengths and some to attract and retain students, citing a Crescent robotics program that feeds into Canyon High School. 38:44
- A staff member said many of the projects planned for the first year would not have to go through DSA, while the projects phased in later are the DSA projects. 42:20
- A staff member said critical HVAC needs at Crescent had been addressed and the system would be replaced within the next 2 years. 43:37
- Roofing, flooding and master plan update 44:04
- A trustee asked about preparing roofs and flood channels for expected heavy rain this winter and about a roof at Crescent. 44:04
- A staff member said the maintenance team had addressed structural issues with the locker room roof. 45:26
- A staff member said the district is tentatively looking to update its facilities master plan. 46:30
- Source of pilot project funding 46:48
- A district staff member said the projects would not come from the $40 million but from separate funds the board acted on at the June board meeting. 48:30
- Outdoor learning spaces 49:41
- Facilities funding and maintenance 55:17
- A speaker outlined facilities funding sources, including surplus property sales, state matching funds, the capital improvement fund, developer fees and bonds, and said the presentation did not address how to pay for the plan. 58:29
- A district staff member said the team was asked not to detail the reasons for selecting schools before engaging those schools, and staff said the October 15th meeting would focus on deferred maintenance. 1:13:11
- Baseline standards and student outcomes 1:23:01
- A speaker asked whether the earlier facilities master plan is still relevant, said baseline standards would seem to include a dedicated space for a counselor, and asked whether each school has a wellness space. 1:23:01
- The speaker asked to see the proposed changes tied to the student outcomes the district could expect, along with the data behind them. 1:24:45
- Phased engagement process 1:25:44
- A staff member said engagement would start internally, then move to classified and certificated staff, PTAs, ELAC and other family groups, and then the community. 1:27:38
- A trustee suggested including site neighbors, extended family caregivers and student groups, and asked about follow-up sessions. 1:30:12
- A trustee suggested using the facilities master plan as a working document in the input meetings. 1:37:42
- Program access across feeder patterns 1:38:45
- Site plans and master plan update 1:45:43
- A staff member said the engagement would be specific to each school site and that the ROC would provide another layer of input. 1:47:09
- Elementary cohort model 1:48:29
- A staff member said ideally there would be 4 teachers per grade level, while smaller sites have combination classes. 1:49:03
- A district staff member said the cohort model would be designed with the Resource Optimization Coalition and that Esplanade and Prospect would help determine it without closing any schools. 1:50:44
- The session was adjourned at 6:50 PM. 2:04:51
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That's specific to the future projects aspect, and I think a lot of people want to know what's happening now. What are we doing now? How are we spending our money today?Kris Erickson · Board member1:03:42
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Video: posted by the district as “OUSD School Board Meeting - September 24, 2026”