Architect Sees $9.7 Mil in Construction Needs at Palisades

It would take $9.7 million to bring Palisades Elementary to current standards, according to an architect the Capistrano Unified School District hired.

WLC Architects produced a report in 2009, listing all of the facility needs across the 55-school district. Since then, the report was updated with 2013 pricing. The district is facing $822 million worth of needs and only has about $44 million on hand to address them.

Of the $11 million, $1.4 million would be spent on replacing half of the portable classrooms with permanent structures at the Capistrano Beach campus. And another some $1.2 million is needed to address routine repairs the district has deferred in the last few years, including paint, flooring and paving.

The 2013 numbers also include $684,000 to buy state-of-the-art technology for students.

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.    New administration expansion

3.    Library/media center remodel

4.    New toilets

5.    New kindergarten (two classrooms)

6.    New building (four classrooms)

7.    New play surface area

8.    New fire truck turnaround

9.    New play area

10.  Americans with Disabilities Act upgrade

11.  New play equipment area

12.  New parking lot layout (35 stalls)

13.  New multipurpose building

14.  New kitchen

15.  Toilet room remodel

16.  Staff toilet room expansion

17.  Comprehensive modernization (includes heating and cooling)

18.  New turf area

19.  New mow strip around building

20.  New drainage system

21.  New concrete walkway

Find out what is needed at nearby schools:

• Aliso Niguel High
• Bergeson Elementary
• Crown Valley Elementary
• R.H. Dana Elementary and R.H. Dana Exceptional Needs School
• Dana Hills High School
• Hidden Hills Elementary
• Laguna Niguel Elementary
• Malcolm Elementary
• Moulton Elementary
• Niguel Hills Middle School
• George White Elementary

Paige Austin contributed to this report.