Graded Field Foreshadows New Gym (right)
Los Alisos Intermediate School is restoring its athletic and recreational field (satellite), including the football field and oval running track. The old running track, which circled only the football field, will be enlarged to surround the entire parcel.
Grading began on the area at the end of the school term, stripping away all of the old grass and track surface. Since then contractors have been restoring and improving the irrigation system. A new pump was installed to overcome a problem caused by falling water pressure at the site, which contributed to the loss of grass.
Hydroseeding is scheduled to be done soon, and school officials expect the field and track to be available for use in October.
The School, located at Los Alisos and Muirlands, is in the Saddleback Unified District.
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It’s strange how I can drive around town and see campus improvements taking place in the Saddleback district, but very little in the CUSD. Makes me wonder what the difference is?
[Editors Note: The new gyms at SVUSD middle schools in MV were financed with a Saddleback District bond proposal passed by voters.]
Being familiar with both Districts and serving on the Saddleback Facility Advisory Committee in the late 80′s and early 90′s it became obvious to me that Saddleback has managed their money much more wisely than CUSD.
That does not mean they are perfect–but at least they don’t own a District Office that rivals The Taj Mahal.
It’s a shame they no longer have the obstacle course. It was an integral part of the rite of passage that was middle school in the 1980s. The same goes for the “big toy” that used to dominate Del Lago elementary. Who needs plastic when we had splintery wood and gleaming, superheated slides? I suppose “5 miles to school, in the snow, uphill both ways!” comes with getting older and having a mortgage and all that..