Architect: It Would Take $9 Mil to Fix Tijeras Creek Elementary

To modernize Tijeras Creek Elementary School would take $9 million, an architect hired by the Capistrano Unified School District has found.

The report was created in 2009 and has recently been updated for 2013 pricing. The district is facing $822 million worth of needs and only has about $44 million on hand to address them.

Of the $9 million, half of that is slated for replacing half of the portable classrooms with permanent buildings. Another $567,000 would be spent addressing routine maintenance, which the district has put off in recent years, including roofing, heating and floor covering.

Also, the updated total also includes $576,000 for upgraded technology for students.

Among the issues at Tijeras Creek is that at least one classroom is smaller than the state-mandated size of 960 square feet.

Below is an easier-to-read legend for the photo above. New construction, which originally included replacing all the portables, is in peach, remodels in yellow. 

1.    Administration remodel

2.    New administration expansion

3.    Library/media center expansion/remodel

4.    New toilets

5.    One new kindergarten classroom

6.    New two-story building (12 classrooms)

7.    New play surface area

8.    Fire truck turnaround

9.    Classroom remodel

10.  Americans with Disabilities Act upgrades

11.  Acoustical separation

12.  New sidewalk

13.  Replace wood floor with concrete

14.  New roof over existing utility area

15.  Joint use

Find out the needs at other nearby schools:

• Arroyo Vista K-8
• Las Flores Middle and Elementary schools
• Tesoro High School
• Wagon Wheel Elementary