Ocean View School District Wrap-up

Andrew Wainer

ISSUE: ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

Vote: 4-0, with trustee Carole Kanode absent

Summary: Pam Walker was reelected as board president.

ISSUE: SCHOOL MODERNIZATION

Vote: 4-0, with Kanode absent

Summary: The board voted to receive information regarding a plan to

modernize Harbour View Elementary School during the 2000-2001 school

year.

Assistant Supt. Patricia Young indicated that the district’s application

for funds from the state’s Proposition 1A school facilities bond has been

approved and is expecting funds.

District architect Paul Wesberg has estimated that the budget for

modernizing Harbour View equals $2.3 million, of which 80% would be

covered by the state.

Wesberg made a presentation to the board about the possible modernization

of the site.

ISSUE: SUPPORT FOR WAL-MART LEASE

Vote: 4-0, with Kanode absent

Summary: The board adopted an official resolution supporting the

commercial zoning of the closed Crest View school site for a 65-year

lease.

Wal-Mart has expressed interest in leasing the site, but some community

members have opposed the lease.

A study by the school board determined that the long-term lease of the

site would generate $41 million over 65 years.

ISSUE: ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING

Vote: 4-0, with Kanode absent

Summary: The board approved the state’s English Language Acquisition

Program.

The program, which becomes effective in January, requires the state to

allocate $100 to each English language learner in the fourth through

eighth grades.

The districts’ eligibility for the funds is determined by the English

Language Development test.