Hidden Hills Needs $4.9 Mil in Renovations, Architect Says

Hidden Hills Elementary School needs $4.9 million in new construction upgrades, according to the Capistrano Unified School District.

The district hired WLC Architects in 2009 to create a list of facility needs throughout the district. The report was recently updated for 2013 pricing. The district is facing $822 million worth of needs and only has about $44 million on hand to address them.

Of the $4.9 million WLC said Hidden Hills needs, $900,000 would go to replacing half of the portable classrooms with permanent buildings. Another $1 million would go to routine maintenance the district has put off in recent years, including to the phones, floor covering and roofing.

The 2013 figures also include $450,000 to buy the latest 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.    New drainage system

2.    Joint use

3.    Repair leaking skylights

4.    Replace sliding doors with solid wall

5.    Replace accordion partition

6.    Toilet remodel

7.    ADA compliant access

8.    New portable toilet

9.    New preschool play area

10.  Fire truck turnaround

11.  New kindergarten play surface/expansion

12.  New storage room

13.  Relocate existing trash enclosure

14.  New music room

15.  New toilet room

16.  New play surface

17.  New concrete stars

18.  New ball wall

19.  New building (2 classrooms)

20.  New library media center addition

21.  Classroom remodel

Find out the needs at other 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
• Laguna Niguel Elementary
• Malcolm Elementary
• Moulton Elementary
• Niguel Hills Middle School
• Palisades Elementary
• George White Elementary

Paige Austin contributed to this report.