Architect: $3 Mil Needed to Modernize Oso Grande

According to a Capistrano Unified architect, Oso Grande Elementary School needs about $3 million worth of upgrades.

Of that amount, $2 million would go toward replacing half of the portable classrooms with permanent buildings. Also included is $19,000 to address maintenance needs the district has deferred in recent years, including paint and the fire alarm system.

Capo commissioned an intense study of all of its facilities. 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.

The 2013 figure also includes $612,000 to upgrade to the latest technology for students.

Oso Grande is one of only six Capo schools which meets California capacity laws for essential facilities, such as classrooms, toilets, drinking fountains, parking, library and administrative space.

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.    New two-story building (three classrooms)

2.    New two-story building (five classrooms)

3.    Kindergarten: replace folding partition

4.    New toilets

5.    New play surface area

6.    Fire truck turnaround

7.    New play area

8.    Americans with Disabilities Act upgrades

9.    New parking lot layout (16 stalls)

10.  Joint use

Find out the needs at other nearby schools:

• Chaparral Elementary
• Ladera Ranch Middle and Elementary schools
• San Juan Hills High
  
• Tesoro High School