Hi All, Last Wednesday night was San Mateo High School's first Parent meeting of the new school

year. We had invited Scott Laurence to speak at our meeting but unfortunately had to back out at the last minute. However, Liz McManus, Deputy Superintendent of Business Services, was able to speak on his behalf. Below is a recap of her update of the Peninsula High School colocation proposal. The District Office has prepared an RFP for a realtor who is familiar with purchasing school properties. The RFP closes Aug. 31. Liz anticipates that it will take about 3 weeks for the interviewing and hiring process to be completed. At that point a CEQA professional will be brought on board to work with the District Office and the realtor as properties are reviewed for potential PHS school sites. The CEQA professional has to be on board at the same time that properties are looked at so that any environmental issues can be addressed prior to any purchase. Additionally, this CEQA professional will be reviewing any environmental issues that may be encountered should PHS be relocated to either San Mateo High School or Hillsdale High School, or if PHS stays at the Crestmoor site but is completely rebuilt. The CEQA review is a requirement. The timetable for the School Board review and vote has now slid. When SMHS first became aware of the proposal, Scott Laurence had indicated that he thought the proposal would be presented to the School Board sometime late September or early October. However, the process of hiring a realtor, looking at potential properties and performing the CEQA review of those properties will most likely take another 3 months or so. Liz was not specific as to when she thought the proposal would go before the School Board. When it does go before the School Board, all 4 proposals will be reviewed side-by-side, with the pros and cons of each one thoroughly stated. To restate, the four proposals are: 1. Keeping PHS at the Cresmoor site and rebuilding it there. 2. Purchasing a new centrally located property and building a new school there. 3. Moving PHS to San Mateo High 4. Moving PHS to Hillsdale High When asked that the District Office update its website with PHS relocation activities, Liz expressed a willingness to do that so as to keep the process transparent. She also recommended that the School Board agendas be reviewed as they come on-line for any School Board actions on the proposal.