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Association: $35 Million in Measure O Funds Secured for San Rafael Elementary

Published on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 | 5:11 am
 

According to the San Rafael Neighborhoods Association, San Rafael Elementary School was awarded $35 million of Measure O funding in a supplemental vote of the Pasadena Unified School Board.

The Measure O allocation will fund capital improvements to San Rafael Elementary School campus, including upgraded and improved bathroom facilities, a renovation of the existing facility and electric and water infrastructure enhancements.

In November 2020, voters overwhelmingly supported Measure O, authorizing the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) to upgrade schools, improve equitable access to technology (STEAM), creating science labs, repairing deteriorated roofs and equipment. 

The measure – which was endorsed by the City Council but opposed by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and some other area business groups – was expected to generate some $60 million to upgrade the PUSD’s computers and other educational technology. In addition, $456,280,000 will go to upgrading aging district facilities.

The bond costs local property owners between $45 and $60 a year on their property taxes for each $100,000 of assessed value.

Measure O appeared on the ballot as the “Pasadena Unified School District Repair, Technology, Student Achievement Measure.

We’d like to thank our District 7 School Board Trustee, Yarma Velázquez, for leading the effort to secure the funding on behalf of San Rafael Elementary. We’d also like to thank Trustees Jennifer Hall Lee, Patrice Marshall Mackenzie and Michelle Bailey for their support.

This investment is a testament to the School Board’s commitment to the well-being and modernization of the San Rafael Elementary School.

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