Briefly in Education

Aging school facilities will get a step closer to renovationtonight

when the Newport-Mesa Unified School District board votes on the

implementation plan for the Measure A School Facilities Improvement

Program.

The impetus for the program came in June 2000, when district residents

passed Measure A, a $110-million bond to pay for the renovations. That

amount will be combined with an estimated $53 million in state matching

funds.

An advisory oversight committee spent the summer hashing out a

schedule based on three main criteria -- health and safety, access for

the disabled and preserving the integrity of buildings.

The school board will meet at 7 p.m. at the district’s main office,

2985-A Fair Drive, Costa Mesa.