Board Awards $39M Housing Contract, Hears Pleas From Workers Without a Deal

The Pacifica School District Board approved two landmark votes to advance the first phase of a workforce housing project on Odstadt Boulevard — a $39M construction contract and a project labor agreement — while employees and their unions pressed the board on a deepening crisis: classified staff have gone 204 days without a contract, and some job classes are paid below the county minimum wage. The meeting also surfaced sharp parental frustration over the Ocean Shore–Sunset Ridge co-location, urgent calls for English language services for newcomer students, and enrollment numbers that continue to slide below projections.

• Board unanimously approves $39M general contractor award to James E. Roberts Obayashi Corporation for 45-unit workforce housing project on Odstadt Boulevard
• Project Labor Agreement with Building Trades Council advances despite objections from the NorCal Carpenters Union over exclusion from negotiations
• Classified employees are 204 days without a contract — both unions and multiple speakers demand fair pay, warn some staff earn below minimum wage
• Enrollment drops to 2,559, below even the district's low projection, with 40% of losses tied to families moving out
• Ocean Shore parents say co-location is failing: overcrowded campus, roughly 120 families gone, alternative-education identity at risk
• Teachers call for a district-wide K-8 English Language Development program after a newcomer student spent more than a year unable to ask to use the bathroom in English