$450M School Facilities Bond Initiative

The text of the school facilities bond initiative has been published on the SF Department of Elections site. Here is the summary of the initiative question:

Shall the San Francisco Unified School District modernize and repair up to 64 additional school facilities to health, safety, instructional and accessibility standards, and where applicable, replace portable trailers with permanent classrooms; upgrade bathrooms, science labs, plumbing, electrical and other building systems; replace heating and ventilation systems; and renovate classrooms, with proceeds from the issuance of up to $450,000,000 in bonds, at legal interest rates, with guaranteed annual audits, and citizens’ oversight to monitor expenditures?

This bond initiative has been in the works for a long time now. The facilities planning process that preceded the Prop A bond in 2003 anticipated that a series of future facilities bonds would be required to meet the district's needs. This bond is just the next installment, and more will be sure to follow. What is noteworthy is that total dollar amount of this bond and the final list of sites and proposed improvements are now finalized.

You can be sure that we will have a lot more to say about this initiative as we get further into the election season. For now, let's start by listing all of the sites covered by the bond measure:

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• Twenty First Century/Willie Brown Academy (2055 Silver Avenue)
• Alamo Elementary School (250-23Avenue)
• Alice Fong Yu Elementary School (1541-12Avenue)
• Aptos Middle School (105 Aptos Avenue)
• Buena Vista Elementary School (2641-25Street)
• Burnett Child Development Center (1520 Oakdale Avenue)
• Cabrillo Elementary School (735-24Avenue)
• Chinese Education Center Elementary School (657 Merchant Street)
• Claire Lilienthal K-2 Madison Campus (3950 Sacramento Street)
• Cleveland Elementary School (455 Athens Street)
• Commodore Stockton Child Development Center (949 Washington Street)
• District Administration Building (555 Franklin Street)
• Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School (1360 Oakdale Avenue)
• Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School (350 Girard Street)
• Dr. William Cobb Elementary School (2725 California Street)
• Fairmount Elementary School (65 Chenery Street)
• Francis Scott Key Elementary School (1530-43Avenue)
• Francisco Middle School (2190 Powell Street)
• Glen Park Elementary School (151 Lippard Avenue)
• Golden Gate Elementary School (1601 Turk Street)
• Grattan Elementary School (165 Grattan Street)
• Guadalupe Elementary School (859 Prague Street)
• Herbert Hoover Middle School (2290-14Avenue)
• Independence High School (1717-44Avenue)
• International Studies Academy (693 Vermont Street)
• Jefferson Child Development Center (1350-25Avenue)
• Jefferson Elementary School (1725 Irving Street)
• John McLaren Child Development Center (2055 Sunnydale Avenue)
• John Muir Elementary School (380 Webster Street)
• John Swett Elementary School (727 Golden Gate Avenue)
• Junipero Serra Annex Child Development Center (155 Appleton Street)
• Lakeshore Elementary School (220 Middlefield Drive)
• Lawton Elementary School (1570-31st Avenue)
• Luther Burbank Middle School Site (325 LaGrande Avenue)
• Marshall Elementary School (1575-15Street)
• Mission Child Development Center (2950 Mission Street)
• Mission Education Center Elementary School (1670 Noe Street)
• Kate Kennedy Child Development Center (1670 Noe Street)
• New Traditions Elementary School (2049 Grove Street)
• Newcomer High School Site (2340 Jackson Street)
• Noriega Child Development Center (1775-44Avenue)
• Presidio Child Development Center (Building 387, The Presidio)
• Raoul Wallenberg High School (40 Vega Street)
• Raphael Weill Child Development Center (1501 O’Farrell Street)
• Rooftop Elementary School Burnett Campus (443 Burnett Avenue)
• San Miguel Child Development Center (300 Seneca Avenue)
• Sanchez Elementary School (325 Sanchez Street)
• School Health Programs Administrative Offices (1515 Quintara Street)
• Spring Valley Elementary School (1451 Jackson Street)
• Sunset Elementary School (1920-41st Avenue)
• Sutro Elementary School (235-12Avenue)
• Sutro Child Development Center (235-12Avenue)
• Theresa Mahler Child Development Center (990 Church Street)
• Ulloa Elementary School (2650-42Avenue)
• William DeAvila Elementary School (1351 Haight Street)
• Bay High School (1360 43Avenue)
• Principals Center (1360 43Avenue)
• Impact Community High School (1360 43Avenue)
• 1360 43Avenue (YTEC)
• Hilltop High School Campus (2730 Bryant Street)
• Various charter school facilities:
  • -1350-7th Avenue (currently occupied by Cross Cultural Academy)
  • -3531-22nd Street (currently occupied by Edison Charter)
  • -1430 Scott Street (currently co-occupied by Gateway Charter/KIPP SF Bay Academy)
  • -300 Seneca Avenue (currently occupied by Leadership Charter)

The bond also includes money for greening of various playgrounds, as well as $15M towards the SOTA downtown campus at 135 Van Ness.