District Facilities Advisory Committee Formed to Address Declining Enrollment and its Long-Term Impact on the Fiscal Condition of MVSD

As Mountain View School District’s Board of Education and District staff continue their commitment to maintaining financial solvency while operating an outstanding educational program for students, the District has formed a Facilities Advisory Committee. The voluntary/non-compensated committee is comprised of MVTA and CSEA representatives and parents from various school sites.

The committee’s task is to gather data and facts pertinent to declining student enrollment and its long-term impact upon the fiscal condition of the District, and if necessary, to make an informal recommendation about school closure to the Board and Superintendent no sooner than the 2020-21 school year.

As we face the hardship of declining enrollment, collaborating as Team Mountain View, our goal remains for all of our students to receive a quality education that will prepare them for success in the future. In Mountain View we will continue to deliver the best education we can despite the fiscal challenges.

The meetings are open to the public and will be held at the District Office from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The committee will meet twice a month with meetings scheduled for:

• April 8 and April 29
• May 13 and May 28
• June TBD and June 24
• July 8 and July TDB

The meetings are open to the public and will be held at the District Office from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Meeting topics will include but not be exclusive to:

• Enrollment/staffing history and projections
• Financial projections
• Facility conditions and aesthetics of each school
• Maintenance and operations costs for each school
• Classroom capacity at each school
• Education program impact at each school
• Transportation impact and cost
• Estimated savings if a school is closed
• Voluntary/involuntary transfer impacts
• Reduction in Force/Layoff impacts
• Feasibility options for closing specific schools
• Projected fiscal benefits of disposing of specific schools
• Recommendation to close a specific school or schools