[San Francisco Chronical] Despite an enrollment decline that is leaving thousands of seats empty in San Francisco schools, the city’s school board is forging ahead with a plan to build a $95 million elementary school to open in three years.
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The Mission Bay project has been in the works for more than two decades, as part of the master plan to develop the formerly industrial area.
On Tuesday, the school board voted unanimously to accept the formal transfer of 2.5 acres for free from UCSF, which currently is in control of the land.
Voters already approved the bond funding in 2016 to build the school, and environmental and other impact reports have been completed.
The formal transfer of the property is one of the last significant hurdles before construction can begin.
City and district officials say the project is part of a long-term plan to accommodate the families with school-age children who would move into the more than 80,000 new housing units citywide that officials hope will be built by 2030.
Still, that’s uncertain. San Francisco finished only about 4,600 units last year citywide and could see fewer than that this year with residential construction slowed. |