El Segundo Hosting Community Forum on Facilities
The El Segundo Unified School District is holding a special community meeting Tuesday night to update residents on the status its fine arts and athletic facilities — and involve them in brainstorming solutions.
El Segundo High School’s auditorium and outdoor athletic facilities together are the focal point of the forum. The age of both are increasingly lamented and decried for “not reflect(ing) the 21st Century goals” of the district.
The open session — running from 7-9 p.m. tomorrow in the high school library — will begin with an overview of district facilities. Attendees will be broken into smaller groups to talk over some assigned, related topics, then reconvened to debrief about those discussions.
Does anyone smell a potential new bond measure down the line? It's not far-fetched, especially in light of the Governator's proposed drastic slashing of education funds, via the new state budget, that are likely to force most districts into major cutting mode.
The El Segundo district in November 2006 attempted and lost its bid for the $19-million bond Measure Q, which would have helped fund an aquatic center, a renovated auditorium and myriad other athletic-facilities fixes.
El Segundo High is located at 640 Main Street, in El Segundo.