COSTA MESA

It may be easier to demolish Ensign Intermediate School and start from scratch rather than merely repair the facility, district officials said.

The district is trying to come up with plans to upgrade its crumbling schools. An architect’s report released earlier this year showed a need for $127 million in school improvements, including $3.8 million to renovate Ensign.

After revisiting nearly all of the schools, Mike Fine, assistant superintendent for financial services, told school board members that “the facility in the worst condition is Ensign, by far.”