Schools

UPDATE: LASD Still Pursuing Raynor Activities Center

Patch has posted an update with the timeline for the sale process. Los Altos School District did not qualify to purchase former elementary school in the first round of the process but may in the second round.

 

Editor's note 3/8/2013: A second update containing the sale timeline for the city of Sunnyvale is included at the bottom of the story. The Request for Qualifications has been attached in pdf form to this story.

Editor's note: This article has been corrected and updated with new information.

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The City of Sunnyvale did not consider Los Altos School District's expression of interest in the Raynor Activities Center as a qualified public agency under the first phase of its sale process, according to an article by reporter Alia Wilson in the Sunnyvale Sun.

The district submitted a request for qualification by the city's Feb. 28 deadline for the second phase of the sale process and remains interested in the property, Jeff Baier, superintendent of LASD, said Monday.

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"We are continuing to pursue the Raynor center," said LASD president Doug Smith.

The former school site in the Birdland section of Sunnyvale had been identified as a possible site for Bullis Charter School and the district had moved quickly to submit its qualifications in December.

The Sun's report, citing Sunnyvale spokeswoman Jennifer Garnett, said that the city determined that the two school districts that applied—LASD and the Fremont Union High School District—did not qualify to purchase the property because it was not in the districts of either of the two. A third applicant, the Morgan Autism Center, did not qualify because the city determined it was not a public agency, though it operated with public funds, according to the Feb. 28 story.

Public agencies who qualify get first rights to bid on the property.

The city has since moved onto the next phase, seeking qualified buyers from the private agencies or public agencies, and then inviting them to submit proposals, according to the Sun. With more agencies in a presumably wider pool of qualified buyers, the bidding is more competitive. 

In an email reply to a Patch query, Garnett said that staff will be seeking approval of the draft Request For Proposal (RFP) for the Raynor site from City Council at its meeting on March 19th. If the RFP is approved, the tentative schedule is as follows:

  • March 22, 2013 - City issues RFP to qualified proposers from RFQ process
  • April 12, 2013 - RFP responses due to the City
  • Late April 2013 - City reviews and ranks proposals and prepares a recommendation for City Council
  • Late May 2013 - City Council reviews proposals in closed session and authorizes City staff to negotiate sale terms.


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