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Burbank Elementary
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Burbank Elementary School (rebuilt)
School opens: September 2007
Principal: Minerva Salas
Status: Construction began in January 2006.
Location: 4146 Julian Avenue, San Diego, CA 92113. Logan Heights/Barrio Logan. The site is bound by Evans Street on the northwest, Irving Avenue on the northeast, Julian Avenue on the southwest, and Sampson Street on the southeast.
Purpose: Burbank Elementary School will be rebuilt due to deterioration, enrollment growth and irregular grade configurations. It will also ease overcrowding at Logan Elementary and Perkins Elementary. 
New school size: The rebuilt school will accommodate 500 students in grades K-5 on 4.13 acres. 
Acquisition and relocation: The expansion of Burbank Elementary required acquisition of 4 parcels, and the relocation of 7 households consisting of 18 residents.
Name of school: The school will retain the name of Burbank Elementary, in honor of Luther Burbank, an American naturalist and plant breeder.
Campus features: 24 classrooms, 60,718 square feet of facilities, 4.15 acres, 50 parking spaces, a half-acre of trees, numerous shrubs, vines and groundcovers, multipurpose room, library/media center, lunch shelter, elevator and accessibility features, kitchen, faculty lounge, workroom, administrative center, and energy efficient design features.
Project partners: Erickson-Hall Construction and LHA Architects

•  Proposition MM approved: November 3, 1998
•  Draft Environmental Impact Report: December 13, 2002
•  Board of Education approves site: March 25, 2003
•  Contract awarded: January 24, 2006
•  Groundbreaking ceremony: June 28, 2006
•  First day of school: September 2007
Media releases | Special eventsFact sheet
Site map
Artist's rendering | Site layout
Property parcel map with addresses
Final Environmental Impact Report 16.5 mb
Final Relocation Plan: English | Spanish
Board of Education Report, March 25, 2003
 
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