Concordia Needs $9.5 Mil to Modernize, Architect Says

An architect has identified $9.5 million worth of facility needs at Concordia Elementary.

The Capistrano Unified School District commissioned a survey of all modernization needs in the district in 2009. 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 $9.5 million identified, about $1.6 million would be used to replace half of the school’s portable classrooms. And, some $1.2 million in routine deferred repairs and maintenance are needed in areas such as paint, the fire alarm and intercom system.

The 2013 figures also include $613,000 to upgrade student technology to the latest available.

Concordia has several issues. One is firefighter access; 1,616 square feet of the school’s buildings cannot be covered by firefighters.

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 remodel

4.    New toilets

5.    New kindergarten (two classrooms)

6.    New building (five classrooms)

7.    New play area

8.    Fire truck turnaround

9.    New play surface

10.  Americans with Disabilities Act upgrades

11.  New parking layout (103 stalls)

12.  New play field

13.  New wall and privacy screen

14.  Comprehensive modernization (includes new heating/air conditioning units and windows)

15.  New multipurpose building

16.  New drainage system

17.  New irrigation system

Find out what is needed at nearby schools:

• Bernice Ayer Middle School
• Truman Benedict Elementary
• Las Palmas Elementary
• Lobo Elementary
• Marblehead Elementary
• Palisades Elementary
• San Clemente High
• Shorecliffs Middle School
• Vista Del Mar Middle and Elementary schools