Bond & Facilities
Before you can prioritize, you need an honest picture of what's failing, what's degrading, and what's working. School Leaders conducts condition assessments that hold up under board scrutiny and inform the next 5-year capital plan.
Our approach
What you get
Outcomes
Findings that drive defensible bond project lists and survive ballot-measure scrutiny.
Frequently asked
A FIT report (Facility Inspection Tool) is a state-mandated annual compliance scan for Williams Act purposes — it certifies basic adequacy. A facility needs assessment is the strategic, deeper-dive condition analysis that informs capital planning. FIT tells you you're in compliance; a needs assessment tells you what to spend bond money on.
Three places: (1) the facility master plan as the input for project prioritization, (2) bond ballot project lists (legally required to be specific), and (3) the LCAP for state-funding alignment.
The walk teams need to include a credentialed school facilities professional, an estimator who knows current California construction costs, and ideally someone with district MEP / structural background. We bring all three.
From our team
Meet Joe Dixon, founder of School Leaders and a 40-year veteran of transforming educational environments. From starting at the bottom of Capistrano Unified in 1984 to leading Prop 51's passage for California school funding, Joe's journey proves that great schools create great communities — sometimes one lunch table at a time.
30 minutes with one of our advisors. We'll listen first, share where we've seen this play out, and tell you honestly whether we can help.
