Update November 14, 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------

CUSD has provided me with the number of students the Ranch is currently generating. 

I have amended the chart to reflect this numbers and have asked Mr. Buris to provide information on where the remainder of the students have bee generated from if it is NOT from the Ranch. The article will be up-dated upon receipt.

I would also like to make a general comment about capacity- students were not meant to be in portable classrooms forever. Portable were suppose to be used as an interim classroom until a new school was built. As such- the State requires a certain % of brick and mortar classrooms to be on a school site to support a certain percentage of portables aka "temporary" classrooms. 

My point about capacity was that Staff got approval from Trustees to build three new "bricks and sticks" buildings at SJH, SC and Tesoro to INCREASE CAPACITY by 1944 seats at a cost of $45 million (3 X $15 million per building). Trustees were lead to believe they were getting 3 X 26 classrooms in new capacity - 648 seats each, when in fact they are getting 1 X 26 classrooms of new capacity at SJH + 2 additional classrooms at Tesoro for a total of 702 new seats. The cost was $11 million per building X 3 $33 million Where did the $12 million that was not spent go? ... to pay for $13 million in overpayments for the Essencia School site?

Without an audit- taxpayers may never know...

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The New Ranch Development has placed both a financial burden and a capacity burden on all other schools within CUSD. The original 2012-13 Mitigation Agreement showed that CUSD was 5,235 students over capacity at the High School level before any development at the Ranch.

The high school students generated by the Ranch in PA1 (Sendero) and PA2 (Esencia) were suppose to be accommodated by San Juan Hills High School. 

"High School capacity at San Juan Hills High School might be available to serve PA1/PA2 Project Students. San Juan Hills High School has 355 seats available in portable classrooms based on current enrollment. The total current permanent capacity of San Juan Hills is 1,728 and current enrollment is 2,021.

PA1 and PA2 Project students may also attend other Local Schools listed in Table 5 on an interim basis as space is available.

Source: November 6, 2013 Mitigation Agreement page 62 

Per a Public Records Request enrollment at Tesoro High School has increased by 156 students and enrollment at San Juan Hills High School has increased by 523 students - a total of 679 students combined at these two High Schools. 

New Capacity since 2012-13

San Juan Hills High School: One new 24 classroom building (648 seats)

San Clemente High School: One new 24 classroom building - no new capacity. CUSD closed the upper campus and moved students to lower campus.

Tesoro High School: Remove 22 portables and replaced them with one new 24 classroom building net gain 54 seats.

Documentation: June 11, 2017 Letter to CUSD re: Capacity

Development at the Ranch appears to have had a significant effect on enrollment at both San Juan Hills and Tesoro that was not planned for in the 2012-13 Mitigation Agreement. These schools are now impacted and CUSD is denying seats to Mello Roos taxpayers from Talega and Ladera Ranch to accommodate the Ranch students who have paid nothing for these facilities.

STUDENTS GENERATED BY THE RANCH SHOULD NOT HAVE PRIORITY OVER STUDENTS FROM LADERA RANCH AT TESORO OR SAN JUAN HILLS.

STUDENTS GENERATED BY THE RANCH SHOULD NOT HAVE PRIORITY OVER STUDENTS FROM TALEGA AT SAN JUAN HILLS.

The interim housing of Ranch generated students should be at the under enrolled Capo Valley High School and Dana Hills High School.

CUSD Response to Public Records Request: