Bonsall Union School District closes preschool at Bonsall West Elementary to add more kindergarten space

The Bonsall Union School District board voted 5-0 August 16 to close Bonsall West Preschool, and the school board meeting also included a lottery for students seeking an interdistrict transfer to attend Bonsall West Elementary School.

"We had no other room to add another kindergarten except for the preschool," said BUSD superintendent Justin Cunningham. "We strongly regret having to close it, but we had no choice really."

The district had planned to lease five portable classroom buildings to accommodate the growth of students at Bonsall West Elementary School, but a recent state Department of...