LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Yuba Community College District Board of Trustees this week will consider an agreement that will provide a Lake County school district with additional space for programs during an upcoming construction project.
The board will meet in closed session at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 11, to be followed at 5 p.m. by the regular session at Yuba College, 2088 N. Beale Road, Building 300-Flavors, Marysville.
Members of the public can attend the meeting virtually through this Zoom link.
The Zoom Meeting ID is 892 1509 1087; the call-in number is 1-669-900-6833.
On the college board’s regular agenda is the memorandum of understanding between Yuba Community College District and the Konocti Unified School District.
The agreement establishes a partnership to provide, among other things, classroom space for Konocti Unified School District students and staff at the Lake County Campus of Woodland Community College, which is part of the larger Yuba Community College District.
“Konocti Unified School District and Yuba Community College District-Lake County Campus as part of Woodland Community College will partner to provide adult basic education, career and technical education, and professional development programs for adult learners. This partnership will include use of space at the Lake County Campus and shared resources,” the document states.
Konocti Unified Superintendent Dr. Becky Salato said the agreement arose as the district was seeking extra space during a construction project.
“We are modernizing our high school,” Salato said.
This summer, the district — which Salato said is experiencing a lot of growth in student numbers — is tearing down the main administration building and six classrooms at Lower Lake High School.
Salato said the administration building was incredibly old, and the classrooms at the back of it had been rebuilt repeatedly, but there was nothing more that could be done to bring them up to modern standards.
The project to modernize that building is covered by the district’s 2016 bond measure. Salato said it had been put off repeatedly but now is getting underway.
“It’s going to be absolutely beautiful when it’s done,” she said, explaining the new two story building will have classrooms on the top floor, administration on the bottom floor, with a student store, more safety measures and a totally different look.
“We’re going to be under construction for about a year and a half,” she said.
While that project is underway, Salato said the district needs additional classroom space. “I knew the college was not using all of their rooms,” she said.
Salato reached out to Dr. Lizette Navarette, the new Woodland Community College president, to discuss the idea.
At first, the college needed some convincing. However, the plan came together as Salato explained that she wants to locate the district’s independent study program there.
Those independent study students will then be encouraged to pursue dual enrollment with the college, Salato said.
She said the agreement and the use of the college campus is a great opportunity to streamline independent study students into a dual enrollment program.
The agreement will be in effect from June 24, 2024, to June 30, 2027.
The district will provide classrooms 901, 903, 904 and 905 at the campus, located on Dam Road Extension in Clearlake.
In exchange, Konocti Unified will pay $7,500 a year, which the agreement said Woodland Community College will invest into support for the partnership with Konocti Unified, including outreach and pathway development.
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Yuba College Board to consider agreement with Konocti Unified for classroom and program space
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