South San Francisco, CA August 6, 2015 Submitted by Ryan Sebers, SSFUSD 
The South San Francisco Unified School District is moving forward with the completion of several Measure J projects this fall and we are excited to share this wonderful news with our community.
The District currently has four active construction sites: South San Francisco High School, Junipero Serra Elementary School, Buri Buri Elementary School and Parkway Heights Middle School.
At South San Francisco High School, all scheduled construction will be completed by the opening of school except for two elevators which have to be inspected for operational use and we anticipate this happening by September 2015. Once they pass inspection, all of the new classrooms will be functional. All students will be in classrooms by the opening of school.
For Junipero Serra Elementary School, all scheduled construction is anticipated to be completed by the end of August 2015. The District ordered roofing material which was delayed by the manufacturer, thus setting back the completion by a couple of weeks. Administration has plans in place to ensure all students will be in classrooms by the opening of school.
Buri Buri Elementary School is one of the largest construction projects in the district and has been scheduled in phases toaccommodate instruction. Currently, Phase I is nearing completion and is anticipated to be finished in September 2015. There was a delay in the roofing material being delivered; so, Building D and the Administration building will not be ready until September. All students will be in classrooms at the site for the opening of school. Phase II and the final construction of Buri Buri is anticipated to be completed in the spring of 2016.
Parkway Heights Middle School is also nearing the completion of Phase II out of three phases. However, Building D will also need the elevator to pass inspection and be fully operational in order to be occupied. The District anticipates this occurring by the end of September 2015. All phases of construction at Parkway are scheduled to be completed by September 2016.
Lastly, a forensic examination was completed for the District on the Measure J $162 million bond program. All bond funds are accounted for and all current projects are fully funded. Owing to unanticipated increased costs, the district has identified alternative funding sources to complete all bond projects as originally planned.
As the District moves forward to the completion of these current bond projects, we look forward to starting construction at Los Cerritos Elementary School and Sunshine Gardens Elementary School in the summer of 2016 and Martin Elementary School in the near future.