NEWPORT-MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING WRAP-UP

Here are some of the actions taken at Tuesday’s school board meeting

of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District:

ADDITION AT WHITTIER

WHAT HAPPENED:

The board unanimously agreed to put a relocatable building at Whittier

Elementary School next year.

WHAT IT MEANS:

The building will accommodate the expected growth at the school next

year.

WHAT THEY SAID:

“For the last couple of years, enrollment at Whittier has been pretty

flat, so it’s a little bit of an anomaly [next] year,” said Mike Fine,

the district’s assistant superintendent.

VOTE: 7-0

SEWER LINE EASEMENT

WHAT HAPPENED:

The board granted an easement to the Orange County Sanitation District

to build a public sewer through and along the property of Costa Mesa High

School.

WHAT IT MEANS:

After the sewer line is built, it will be turned over to the Costa

Mesa Sanitary District, and the school district will assess user fees of

about $5,200 a year. But the district has negotiated not to pay the fees

for a 10-year period after the transfer takes effect.

WHAT THEY SAID:

“This is a routine matter except for the transfer of ownership,” Fine

said.

VOTE: 6-0; trustee Jim Ferryman abstained because he sits on the

boards of both the Orange County Sanitation and Costa Mesa Sanitary

districts.

NEXT MEETING:

WHO: Newport-Mesa Unified School District board

WHEN: 7 p.m. April 23

WHERE: Newport-Mesa Unified School District headquarters, 2985-A Bear

St., Costa Mesa

* Compiled by Deirdre Newman