Open Letter to Supervisor Barlett and the Cities of SC, SJC, MV andRancho Santa Margarita

Rancho Mission Viejo Development Is Causing Impaction Issues at Local CUSD Schools

Capacity and School of Choice Policy is Hotly Debated by Ladera Ranch and Talega Taxpayers

Tesoro High School serves the Cities of Rancho Santa Margarita, Las Flores, Ladera Ranch, Coto de Caza and Mission Viejo.

Tesoro High School, San Juan Hills High School and San Clemente High School are all impacted, with enrollment numbers that exceed normal high school capacity of 2,400 students.

According to the latest data from CDE enrollment at these three schools was (latest data 2015-16)

• Tesoro: 2,451
• San Juan Hills: 2,392
• San Clemente: 3,024

It is becoming more and more evident that the number of students actually at the sites are greater than stated here due to the impact of the new Rancho Mission Viejo Development which is projected to add:

• 1,118 K-8 students
• 266 HS students

just for the build out of Area 1 Esencia, and Area 2, Sendero.

The total build out for The Ranch will produce 14,000 homes (8000 that will produce students), and the original IRC projected the need for 5 elementary schools, one middle school and a possible high school.

Due to a lack of funding, the Esencia K-8 school that was projected to open in 2017-18 will now not open until 2018-19.

The Ranch is currently paying for busses to take residents to Las Flores K-8 and Tesoro High School. Both schools are now severely impacted.