Prop H bond vote is June 6th
2nd June 2006
Rancho Santa Fe School District residents will head to the polls June 6 to vote Yes or No on whether or not to pass the Prop. H bond. Prop. H. is is a $44.5 million dollar school bond initiative that would pay for a new elementary school on Aliso Canyon Road at Via del Charro. The bond would cost district residents an additional $300 per $1,000,000 of their home’s assessed value on their annual property tax bill. The district must recieve a 55 percent margin of approval to pass the bond. If Prop. H is passed construction could start by next spring.
Photos/Mike Sullivan
Supporters of Prop. H say that the existing Village school (R. Roger Rowe RSF School) is overcrowded. The school currently has 837 K-8 students, but was designed for 600 students. School district officials point to the 17 portable classrooms that eat up the school’s outdoor playing space, and contend that if a new school is not built, increased class sizes and lowered educational quality are likely.
Opponents of Prop. H. say the district school is already in the ideal site, and that the existing campus should be expanded to accommodate the student population. The proposed 7-acre site, they say, will bring increased traffic that will put them in danger in case of a disaster or medical emergency, and negatively effect their tranquil, rural neighborhood…
For more information on the heated Prop H. debate you can read the full article in the Rancho Santa Fe Review.