As Ocean View School District holds a special meeting in November on whether to consolidate, close, repurpose or leave alone four of its schools, it has 19 recommendations to consider from a task force meant to help the decision-making process.
The task force was convened earlier this year to determine if four schools — Circle View, Village View and Golden View elementary schools as well as Spring View Middle School — should close due to declining enrollment in the district or if schools should otherwise be consolidated or repurposed.
The school board scheduled a special study session on Tuesday, Nov. 7 to assess the results of the task force’s recommendations, said Trustee Jack Souders. Those 19 ideas will be whittled down to nine options after that November meeting, he said.
The task force’s recommendations were split into four categories: innovative, instructional, financial and property management suggestions.
Property management suggestions include leasing unused properties before closing them or developing empty sites for senior living, employee housing or sports complexes.
The task force also took a look at options with Spring View Middle in Huntington Beach. It suggested the middle school be remodeled to be able to house an elementary school for grades kindergarten through fifth. Its middle school students, the task force said, could be moved to the three other middle schools within the district.
In all, the task force said, three elementary schools could be consolidated into Spring View. And the current middle school, according to the task force, could also become home for OVSD’s office in Huntington Beach.
The district could consolidate Golden View Elementary with College View Elementary, the task force also suggested.
Its innovative ideas for the district include identifying elective programs that could be moved from the four targeted schools to other sites in the district, making Golden View’s farm (a petting zoo and garden…
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