Summer bond projects on schedule throughout MUSD

New track and field facilities at Rancho and Russell Middle Schools, as well as Phase 2 of the Mattos Elementary School Construction, are among more than a dozen Summer 2021 bond projects underway at multiple Milpitas Unified School District sites.

“Our bond program is doing well financially. We have made prudent decisions to create savings so that we are able to do more projects,” said Assistant Superintendent Wendy Zhang of Business Services. “I can assure that all of our bond funds are designated and expended only on District projects.”

Measure AA is the $284 million bond measure approved by local voters in November 2018.

While construction work has begun on the Rancho track with completion scheduled for late summer, the modernization of the Russell fields is expected to be finished by Fall 2021.

Meanwhile, over at Mattos, the summer expansion includes three new classroom buildings and a multipurpose building, with a completion date of Spring 2022. Interim portable classrooms have been set in place for the start of the 2021-22 school year. Additionally, the road widening will be completed by the end of August.

A ribbon cutting is planned prior to the start of school at the modernized Randall World Languages School, where bond dollars were allocated for a new, state-of-the-art multi-purpose building with a warming kitchen, a new administration building, a new modular kinder classroom, the relocation of several portable classrooms, a new dropoff/pickup loop, and associated site work.

Other summer projects include: 

• Modernization at Spangler Elementary School, which includes a new grand entry, portable classrooms and site fencing on schedule for August 2021 completion;
• HVAC Projects, including one at Zanker set for late summer completion;
• District-wide Fencing Security set to begin this month;
• Roofing projects ongoing at Rancho, Sinnott and Rose that will be done before the start of the 2021-22 school year; and
• Paving of Rose Elementary School parking lot.

Additionally, projects in the planning stages include:

• Pre-design architecture for six 2-story Folia buildings and renovation of an existing building at the MUSD Innovation Campus, home to our second high school campus, adult education, Cal Hills High School, and future forward partnerships for applied learning; and
• Construction of the Milpitas High School Performing Arts Center and Second Gymnasium with a timeline of May 2022 through October 2023.