The momentum to upgrade schools in the Los Altos School District hasn't slowed since the overwhelming approval of Measure H last month. The Board of Trustees approved the sale of its first series of school bonds at its regular meeting Dec. 7.
The district plans to sell $40 million in bonds this January after Santa Clara County approves issuing the bonds on the district's behalf, said Randy Kenyon, assistant superintendent of business services. He said the district plans to collect on the bonds by the end of February.
This will be the first of three series of bond sales that the district will issue two years apart over the next six years, said Superintendent Marge Gratiot.
Voters approved the district's $94.7 million bond measure during the Nov. 3 general election with a 75.4 percent majority. Funds collected by the bond sales will be used for upgrades and new construction at each of the district's nine schools.
The committee that developed the original facilities master plan will create a plan over the next three months that will outline when renovation work and new construction will happen at each school, Gratiot said. During this time, committee members will outline the logistics of completing construction at each site during either a one- or two-year period, she said.
Committee members will also discuss strategies for the reopening of Covington School, which is currently leased to private groups, she said.
A committee will reconfigure school boundaries in January to equalize the size of each school, Gratiot said.
Gratiot said the district will "stand tough" on the issue.