Architect: Reilly Needs $8.8 Mil for Upgrades

Phillip J. Reilly Elementary School could use $8.8 million’ worth of upgrades.

Of that amount, $2.4 million was targeted to replace half of the portable classrooms with permanent buildings. 

The Capistrano Unified School District 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 updated number also includes $684,000 for upgraded technology for students.

Reilly’s total figure also includes $1.2 million in routine maintenance projects the district has postponed in recent years, including those to the phone systems, roofing and paving.

The architects found that while firefighters have access to the school’s buildings, they don’t have any place to turn their truck around.

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.    Administration expansion

3.    New two-story building (eight classrooms)

4.    New library, first floor

5.    New parking (27 stalls)

6.    New sidewalk expansion

7.    Widen drop-off lane

8.    Fire truck turnaround

9.    Replace roofing

10.  6-foot high fence

11.  4-foot high fence

12.  Additional play area

13.  Staff toilets room expansion

14.  Park site, limited use

Find out the needs at other nearby schools:

• Bathgate Elementary
• Capistrano Valley High School
• Castille Elementary
• Carl Hankey K-8
• Newhart Middle School
• Viejo Elementary