Proposition
U is a $417 million General Obligation Bond Measure passed by East
County voters in November 2008. The program substantially completes the
modernization of all district schools, providing classrooms and
equipment for Career Technical Education, multi-purpose facilities to
support the superintendent's vision for the arts in education, and the
construction of a new high school in the Alpine/Blossom Valley area.
The ballot statement read as follows:
To
better prepare local high school students for college and high demand
jobs, by upgrading education technology, construction science labs,
replacing deteriorated portables, rehabilitating aging
classrooms/equipment/sites/joint-use facilities, improving
safety/energy-efficiency, and constructing a new school in
Alpine/Blossom Valley; shall Grossmont Union High School District issue
$417,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, qualifying for State matching
funds, with independent oversight, annual audits, no funding for
administrator salaries, and all money benefiting East County high
schools?