Apr 25, 2007
School
use of Arroyo Vista Park became an issue in
2002, when CUSD announced that it intended to
cram facilities for 1,500 students on the
adjacent, 8-acre Arroyo Vista School site.
Despite widespread community opposition and
promises by CUSD to honor an agreement with the
City of Rancho Santa Margarita to cap the
student population at 1,050, CUSD stubbornly
proceeded to build facilities for 1,500
students, anyway. This created an overbuilt,
under-utilized facility that has covered most of
the children's playgrounds and sports
fields. See Going Going Gone
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