HBCSD Corruption

Proof of the lie:

At the height of its enrollment in 2014, HBCSD enrolled 1,472 students. Of the 1,472 students, 13 students were from other school district's on inter-district permits. At that time, HBCSD was over capacity by 287 students. North School was rebuilt to hold 510 students (17 classrooms X 30 students = 510 student capacity). View School was also expanded by seven or more classrooms. By 2020 HBCSD enrollment had declined by approximately 270 students from it's high in 2014. In 2023 HBCSD had 1,165 Hermosa students*. HBCSD now has 20-22 unused or underused classrooms.

(1)   District Capacity including portable classrooms was 1,554* students:

1. The 2014 Facility Master Plan, page 37, states that the student

capacity at Valley School, including portable classrooms, is 1,050

students.  In June 2014 actual Valley School enrollment was 948

students. 

2.      The 2014 Facility Master Plan, page 47, states that the student

capacity at View School, including portable classrooms, is 504

students, with actual View School enrollment 481 students.

3.      NOTE: At View School the perfectly fine, six semi-permanent

classrooms used for kindergarten and 1st grades students are

considered to be portables.

4.      According to the 2014 Facility Master Plan, Valley School and

View School combined capacity was 1,554 students.

5. In Spring 2014, HBCSD enrollment was 1,433* students.  Therefore, as of May 28, 2014, HBCSD had extra capacity for 121 more students.

6.     In September 2013 total district enrollment was 1,426 students.

7.     In September 2014 total district enrollment was 1,472 students.

8.     In September 2015 total district enrollment was 1,431 students.

9. *By September 2023, Hermosa students totalled 1,165. HBCSD School Board members started to actively court students from other school districts as a way of bolstering HBCSD enrollment. Although HBCSD was able to attract 174 students from other school districts to increase their overall enrollment, HBCSD can not bring in enough students from other school districts to use up the 20-22 unused or underused classrooms.

10. 20 unused classrooms X 24 students per classroom (TK-3rd grade) = capacity for 480 more TK-3rd grade students.

11. 20 unused classrooms X 30 students per classroom (4th through 8th grade) = capacity for an additional 600 4th - 8th grade students.

(2)   District Capacity without portable classrooms:

1. The 2014 Facility Master Plan, page 37, states that the

permanent student capacity at Valley School (without counting

portable classrooms) is 930 students.  In June 2014 actual Valley School enrollment was 948 students. 

2.      The 2014 Facility Master Plan, page 47, states that the permanent student capacity at View School (without counting six semi- permanent kindergarten classrooms and 4 regular portable classrooms) is 216 students.

3.      According to the 2014 Facility Master Plan, district permanent

classrooms (no portables) capacity is 1,146 students.

4. In Spring 2014 HBCSD enrollment was 1,433 students.  Therefore, at the May 28, 2014 Joint School District and City meeting, HBCSD was over capacity by 287 students, not 500 students as claimed by Superintendent Escalante and School Board member Lisa Claypoole at the 01:27:26 mark.

(3) At the April 10, 2013 School Board meeting, Facility Planning and Advisory Committee (FPAC) chairperson, Monique Eshan, stated that the district was over capacity by 270 students.