Facts and Information

SDUSD is terminating Charter School lease to build 264-unit apartment complex in property owned/occupied residential community of Scripps Ranch. Residents and community planning groups unanimously oppose this deal. For more information: scrippsranch.org/jointuse

FACTS

• SDUSD is terminating Innovations Academy lease to enter in 66 year lease agreement with developer Monarch
• SDUSD rep misrepresented the truth about charter school’s relocation
• SDUSD rep stated Monarch not paying property taxes
• SDUSD bought this 6 acre parcel with homeowners’ property tax and Mello Roos (Scripps Ranch residents still paying Mello Roos)
• 264 apartments/3000 sq ft classroom proposed on weapons free zone, undivided parcel
• Scripps Ranch Civic and Planning Committees and Miramar North Planning Committee unanimously oppose this proposal
• Scripps Ranch all Schools Committee voted unanimously to oppose the proposal 
• Scripps Ranch schools already at full capacity, need more schools
• Most Scripps Ranch residents not told of lease deal until Nov 2015
• 8.4 million annual revenue for Monarch vs $400,000 annual revenue to school district
• Monarch purchased/developed Barnard site 
• At this time there is no sponsor for the STEM Lab that will be part of the property.  That means the developer will provide an empty building and it will be up to the district to fund materials, instructors, and transportation to the site.  This will cost the district a lot of $.  

 DOCUMENTS

• SDUSD RFP Proposal
• Video from the State Board of Education Meeting - Nov. 5, 2015 - Click on item #13 Midori Wong indicates that Innovations Academy has a new location to move to, however 4 days prior to the State Board Meeting she was notified by the principal that the deal had fallen through and that they had no where to relocate to at that time.
• SRCA Newsletter  - December 2015  The article is where most community members first found out about the project.
• Slide Show presented by the Miramar Ranch North Planning Committee - Shown 1/20/16 at the Scripps Ranch Schools Committee meeting 
• District Docs from the November 2014 Meeting - includes list of brainstorm of ideas of how the community would want the site to be used... no one suggested turning it into an apartment development.  Most attendees are IA parents.  There were Monarch Developers present at the meeting.

STATEMENTS OF OPPOSITION

• Statement of from Kevin Beiser- District Board Trustee 
• Statement from Keith Mikas Candidate for San Diego City Council District 5
• Mara Elliott, Chief Deputy City Attorney, Candidate for San Diego City Attorney