Funding dilemma delays Sullivan construction - Phase 1 and 2 projects will cost $5.2 million

The Bonsall Unified School District board seemed likely to approve the Phase 2 construction project for Sullivan Middle School at the Feb. 14 BUSD board meeting before receiving advice that the type of construction was an ineligible use of the bond loan which was to fund the work.

Phase 2 would include a two-story building with an estimated construction, oversight, and administration cost of $3.9 million. The project was to be funded by a Qualified Zone Academy Bond loan.

“One of the last hurdles was getting by the tax attorneys,” said BUSD superintendent Justin Cunningham.

The tax attorneys a...