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Emeryville Center of Community Life - History and Community Efforts to Shape the Future

1999 -2000

  • School Year 1999-2000: Emery Unified School District (EUSD) identifies financial difficulties; Emery Education Foundation (EEF) contacts the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools (BayCES) and County to explore opportunities to improve Emery Schools
  • November 2000: State declares fiscal emergency at EUSD
  • December 2000: Town hall meeting with BayCES to establish demonstration school for math, science and technology in Emeryville

2001

  • August: State provides emergency loan to EUSD and appoints Henry Der as State Administrator; Emeryville voters recall EUSD board members
  • November: City and EUSD jointly create the Education and Youth Services Task Force

2002

  • February: EUSD, City, EEF and BayCES create the Math, Science and Technology Initiative (MSTI)
  • Summer: MSTI provides successful EUSD summer school program and completes program assessment of EUSD
  • August: City and EUSD adopt the Education and Youth Services Master Plan and create the Education and Youth Services Advisory Committee (EYSAC)
  • September: EUSD experiences significant drop in enrollment causing additional budget pressure; MSTI begins planning school redesign to address assessment findings and enrollment issues
  • October: City leases EUSD recreational facilities for a period of 40 years for $1.5 million

2003

  • January: EYSAC recommends parcel tax to generate operating revenue for EUSD
  • June: Emeryville voters approve Measure A (parcel tax) to support EUSD
  • Summer: EYSAC begins work on Facilities Master Plan for EUSD and City (Emeryville Center of Community Life - ECCL)
  • September: EUSD begins 2003-2004 with a restructured K-12 school program
  • October: Community Input Meetings

2004

  • Spring 2004: EYSAC selects AC Transit site as the site best able to achieve the vision of the ECCL and directs staff to focus efforts on this alternative; City and AC Transit enter into Memorandum of Understanding establishing a cooperative relationship to study the potential relocation of AC Transit’s Emeryville facility
  • June: EUSD appoints Tony Smith, Ph.D. to be EUSD Superintendent
  • July: EUSD School Board regains local control of school distrct

2005

  • January: EUSD and the City begin work on specifications for the ECCL facilities (Education Specifications for school facilities; Facility Specifications for City and community facilities)
  • February: City, school and community leaders go to Washington D.C. to pursue federal funding opportunities for the ECCL project
  • April: Emeryville City Council allocates funding to support AC Transit acquisition ($25 million), construction of a new police facility ($15 million) and construction of a community/recreation center facility ($5.5 million)
  • April: Community Workshop on joint use/shared space opportunities at ECCL
  • August: City retains Townsend Public Affairs to pursue state funding opportunities for ECCL
  • Fall 2005: Emeryville Center of Community Life website launch

Future

  • Future: Emeryville Center of Community Life