School Consolidation Advisory Committee Application

Santa Rosa City Schools (SRCS) is looking at how to right size the District’s facilities in light of declining enrollment. Accordingly, it is currently forming a school district advisory committee—School Consolidation Advisory Committee (Committee), which is sometimes referred to as a 7-11 Committee. If you would like to participate and are qualified, we invite you to apply to be a member of the Committee.

Purpose of the School Consolidation Advisory Committee 

The purpose of the Committee is to review and analyze the school sites within the District and determine which might be closed and/or consolidated as it will not be needed for school purposes. The Committee will then present a report to the Santa Rosa City Schools Board of Education (Board) recommending school sites for school closure and/or consolidation. This is an important task and the District is looking for highly-qualified, capable, and committed individuals to be members of the Committee. 

Under California law (Education Code Section [EC §] 17387 et seq.), the Committee must have at least seven (7) members and no more than eleven (11) members, though for the District’s purposes, the School Consolidation Advisory Committee will be expanded to be comprised of 20 members in an effort to include a broader cross-section of community members who have an interest in and may be affected by school closures. 

At a minimum, the Committee must contain persons who can be representative of each of the following:

• The ethnic, age group and socioeconomic composition of the district;

• The business community, such as store owners, managers, or supervisors;

• Landowners or renters, with preference to be given to representatives of neighborhood associations;

• Teachers;

• Administrators;

• Parents of Students;

• Persons with expertise in environmental impact, legal contracts, building codes, and land use planning, including, but not limited  to, knowledge of the zoning and other land use restrictions of the cities or cities and counties in which surplus space and real property is located.

Committee Meetings & Timeline

All Committee meetings, proceedings, and deliberations will be open to the public.  Meetings have been scheduled from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the District Office in the Training Room (110 Stony Point Rd, Suite 210, Santa Rosa, CA 95401) as follows: 

It is expected that the Committee will be in place by August 15, 2024, and will complete its work by February 3, 2025. 

• August 19, 2024 - First meeting (organizational meeting) 

• September 9, 2024 - Second meeting 

• October 7, 2024 - Third meeting 

• October 28, 2024 - Fourth meeting 

• November 18, 2024 – Fifth meeting

• December 16, 2024 – Sixth meeting

• January 27, 2025 - Final meeting

• February 3, 2025 – Alternate date meeting (if necessary)

*All meetings will be facilitated by School Services of California. 

It is anticipated that the Committee’s report will be provided to the Board at its February 12, 2025 meeting. Subsequently, it is anticipated that a corresponding agenda item will be presented to the Board on February 26, 2025, for consideration. 

Committee Membership Recruitment and Application

Members of the Committee serve only on a voluntary basis. 

District Administration will submit committee membership recommendations to the Board for approval on August 14, 2024.

Application submittal deadline: Friday, August 2, 2024, 4:30 p.m

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For questions, please contact:

Lisa August, Associate Superintendent, laugust@srcs.k12.ca.us 707-890-3800 ext 80205 or Simona Hoyos, Administrative Assistant, shoyos@srcs.k12.ca.us 707-890-3800 ext 80201