Rincon Valley Union School District Board of Education is:

• Conducting feasibility study to determine options for Oak Park property

• Meeting to hear results of the study and accept public input

• Studying best uses to meet needs of the District and surrounding community

• More information Click here

• Board Agenda, January 30th, Click here

• Presentation from January 30th Meeting

• Presentation from March 28th Meeting

This meeting was be recorded and posted here. Click here to view

At our initial Board of Education Special Meeting/Study Session on the Oak Park property, the Board and community heard the results of the study and Board Members provided direction to staff to gather more information and bring it back to them for consideration at a future study session. Direction given to staff incorporated feedback received from the public, either directly, by way of attendance at the meeting, or via email, using the District's online submission form. 

Based on that direction, staff is working with DCG Properties to assimilate all input and prepare the information for further discussion at the upcoming study session at this March 28th meeting.

While it may not be practically possible to study all suggestions for the Property, the District wants to obtain as much community input as possible. Please be aware that if you previously submitted the online form, or if you spoke at the meeting, you do not need to do anything further. Your input is already being included as part of the process.

We thank you for your ongoing interest in the work of the RVUSD and look forward to our continuing partnership in support of great education for all our students!

As the RVUSD Board of Education and Staff continue to explore future use of the Oak Park property, we wanted to inform you of important next steps.

Important Upcoming Dates:

• February 24th - Last day for community members to provide input so it can be analyzed by DCG for the next Board meeting
  

• March 28th - Second Board of Education Special Meeting/Study Session on the Oak Park property at 6:00PM at Sequoia Elementary (5305 Dupont Drive, Santa Rosa) 

This meeting will also be recorded and posted on our website.

At our initial Board of Education Special Meeting/Study Session on the Oak Park property, the Board and community heard the results of the study and Board Members provided direction to staff to gather more information and bring it back to them for consideration at a future study session. Direction given to staff incorporated feedback received from the public, either directly, by way of attendance at the meeting, or via email, using the District's online submission form. 

Based on that direction, staff is working with DCG Properties to assimilate all input and prepare the information for further discussion at the upcoming study session on March 28th.

At this time, we are inviting anyone who has not already provided input to complete our online form Found Here no later than February 24, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. While it may not be practically possible to study all suggestions for the Property, the District wants to obtain as much community input as possible. Please be aware that if you previously submitted the online form, or if you spoke at the meeting, you do not need to do anything further. Your input is already being included as part of the process. Questions and comments can be emailed to:  oakpark@rvusd.org

We thank you for your ongoing interest in the work of the RVUSD and look forward to our continuing partnership in support of great education for all our students!

At our recent RVUSD Board of Education study session about the Oak Park property, members of the public brought forward safety concerns regarding unauthorized activity on the property. RVUSD staff investigated those concerns the following day and I want to let our entire community know that we will be taking the following actions:

Here is the recording of the meeting: Video

1. Regarding the houses currently on the property:

• The houses will be further secured, as needed, throughout any vulnerable entry points.

• We will be adding the Oak Park property/houses to the routes that our security services provide to our school sites on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. 

• We will continue to ask our neighbors to report any suspicious activity to the Santa Rosa Police Department but also to our district head of maintenance using our emergency line: 707-308-3686

2. Regarding the trenching:

• We will be filling in the illegal trenching that occurred on the property within the last two weeks and hope to avoid further such activity through the vigilance of our security services and our neighbors. 

• It is worth noting that when this concern was raised by a member of the community at the study session, we did think that perhaps they were referring to some work that took place during the recent, extreme rain storms that were threatening flooding in the neighboring pre-school. However, when inspecting the property the day after the study session, we discovered that there was unauthorized, illegal trenching that took place on the property. As another measure of strong partnership between our District and the community, we am grateful that this point was mentioned and that we were able to take action.

On behalf of the Board Members, we want to thank you for being our partners in education and bringing these issues to our attention. We remain committed to being a good neighbor and are always available to hear community concerns regarding any of our district facilities.

Bringing you up-to-date information on the Rincon Valley Union Elementary School District's (RVUSD) review and recommendation process for the Oak Park property. Questions and comments can be emailed to:  oakpark@rvusd.org

CONTACT US
If you are interested to receiving updated information about Oak Park add your email to this distribution list by sending an email to oakpark@rvusd.org. This that will be used to push out information about the process. Otherwise, keep an eye on this section of the website. This is a dedicated page to keeping everyone up to date on the Oak Park project.

Questions and comments can also be emailed to:  oakpark@rvusd.org