School board members hired a Social Media guru with taxpayer funds to help pass the district's $59M Measure S bond. 

The Facility Planning Advisory Committee members (2013 -2014) were given very limited information regarding HBCSD facilities, issues, and options. They were also given demographic projections that were later found to be substantially incorrect.

HBCSD School Board members hired an “expert” on school design based in San Jose, CA to advise the FPAC members during the 2013 facility meetings. The district's "expert" had a legal complaint against him in San Diego county.   Paul Bunton seemed to have skewed his information to support demolishing and rebuilding North School.

HBCSD's hired “expert” estimated only a $4 million dollar difference between renovating ($10.9M) and rebuilding ($14.9M) North School. The truth was rebuilding North School would cost almost 3x ($29M) the cost of renovation and take two years longer than the district's "expert" estimated.

HBCSD paid their hired "expert" tasked with advising the Facility Planning Advisory Committee members, $7,400 for attending two meetings and providing an estimate to demolish and rebuild North School that was completely off reality.  

HBCSD's hired “expert” apparently left off the kitchen and multipurpose room from his tour of North School that he took the Facilities Planning Advisory Committee (FPAC) members on in March 2013.

Several Facility Planning Advisory Committee members (2013 to 2014) were unhappy with how the FPAC process worked.

HBCSD withheld up to 25.5% of the district revenues from being spent on school items (students, teachers, staff, educational materials, maintenance) in 2015.

HBCSD reserve account fell to a low of 2.9% at June 2005 during the building of the new construction at Valley School. The CDE requires that HBCSD hold 3% in reserves.  By 2015 HBCSD reserves were 25.5%.  HBCSD increased their reserves by withholding spending on student's education and campus upkeep.

Most people in Hermosa Beach wanted classrooms to be given priority over building a gymnasium in 2002 when HBCSD passed their $13.9M Measure J bond.

School Board members were told by consultants that the gymnasium was not supported by taxpayers and should be left off the bond.  Thereafter the district's highest priority item, the gymnasium, was NOT listed on the bond description when it went to the voters in 2002.

The cost and issues surrounding the new construction (gymnasium, changing rooms, library, and two science classrooms with a dedicated elevator) at Valley School:

Issues regarding HBCSD's Environmental Impact Report for North School reconstruction.

There were significant Issues with the Place Works Environmental Impact Report for the reconstruction of North School.

HBCSD SPUN information and omitted relevant information regarding the Interim School Housing Measures the district took from 2014 to 2016 in Chapter 7, page 7-4 of the Environmental Impact Report for the reconstruction of North School:

HBCSD SPUN information and omitted relevant information regarding the Facility Planning and Advisory Committee work from 2013 to 2014 in Chapter 7, page 7-4 of the Environmental Impact Report for the reconstruction of North School:

HBCSD SPUN information and omitted relevant information regarding renovation of North School in Chapter 7, page 7-5 of the Environmental Impact Report for the reconstruction of North School:

HBCSD makes shamelessly inaccurate, misleading and incorrect statements about the district's use of the Community Center as an alternate to demolishing and rebuilding North School in the Environmental Impact Report.   Part #1.  HBCSD did not disclose the true details of the district’s contractual provision to lease classrooms at the Pier Avenue Community Center as an option to tearing down North School.

HBCSD makes shamelessly inaccurate, misleading and incorrect statements about the district's use of the Community Center as an alternate to demolishing and rebuilding North School in the Environmental Impact Report.   Part #2.

HBCSD's stated "project objectives" listed in the Environmental Impact Report do NOT match the facts or the district's plan to rebuild North School.   Several "project objectives" seem to be arbitrary and unnecessary.

HBCSD told a blatant lie and made misleading statement regarding the options proposed in the 2014 Facilities Master Plan in the Environmental Impact Report.

HBCSD failed to report significant district-wide current and  future projections of declining enrollment in the Environmental Impact Report.

HBCSD's Traffic Assessment of North School by Richard Garland used in the Environmental Impact Report was highly suspect.  

HBCSD's Historic Resource Assessment Report of North School used for the Environmental Impact Report for North School and released before the June 2016 Measure S $59M bond vote was riddled with misinformation and outright fabrications of fact.  HBCSD provided false information in the Environmental Impact Report by knowingly allowing false information from Pat Daly's Historical Assessment of North School in the report.

HBCSD provided false information in the Environmental Impact Report regarding the CDE Naylor Act regulations as it applies to North School.