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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – In the followup action to a discussion held last week on district reconfiguration scenarios, the Kelseyville Unified School District Board of Trustees voted Tuesday night to look at an option involving leasing or selling some district properties.
The board held a special Nov. 9 meeting in which several scenarios were reviewed, the more controversial ones involving school closures, as Lake County News has reported.
However, the board was unanimous in being against the school closure options, although its members admitted that with declining enrollment and funding, budget cuts are facing the district in the near future.
At the Tuesday meeting, Board member Chris Irwin moved to consider scenario No. 4, with Board member Gary Olson offering the second. The board approved the motion 4-1, with Peter Quartarolo voting no, according to district Superintendent Dave McQueen.
Scenario four, which the configuration study suggests has “no upheaval and change for students and community,” proposes no change in current campus configurations.
However, it does suggest leasing or selling district properties such as Gard Street, the historic Hells Bend school property and a property on Main Street.
McQueen said Irwin's motion removed Hells Bend from sales consideration.
The district's property on Main Street is currently leased to Lake Family Resource Center, it was noted at the Nov. 9 meeting.
“Obviously we're not going to do anything with that,” McQueen said.
With Hells Bend and Main Street off the table, that leaves Gard Street, where a number of classes are held now, said McQueen. The property also is the location of the transportation yard and some sports facilities.
McQueen said the vote gives district staff some direction on what to consider going forward.
In other district news, a teenage boy collapsed during basketball practice at Kelseyville High School on Tuesday night, at around the same time as the meeting was taking place, McQueen said.
McQueen said the teen, whose personal information can't be released by the district because of his minor status, remained in the hospital on Wednesday.
The boy's parents were giving the district updates on his condition, McQueen said.
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