New $47M Educational Options Center Breaks Ground
- Pleasanton broke ground on a $47 million Educational Options Center to serve local alternative and adult programs. - The project will create three new buildings supporting Village High School, Pleasanton Virtual Academy, and Adult Transition Options. - Officials say the center expands local educational alternatives and workforce training capacity, with construction expected to benefit students and families (patch.com).
Pleasanton Unified School District broke ground March 31 on a $47 million campus for students who do not use a traditional high school schedule. (patch.com) The Educational Options Center is planned for the Village High School site at Bernal Avenue and First Street. District officials said it will add three buildings for Village High School, Pleasanton Virtual Academy and Adult Transition Options. (independentnews.com) Pleasanton Unified’s project page says the district is using a design-build contract, which hires the designer and builder together to speed construction. Temporary classrooms were set up at the former district office at 4665 Bernal Avenue while the new campus moves ahead. (pleasantonusd.net) State environmental filings describe the project as a replacement of older campus buildings with about 30,140 square feet of new space across a roughly 110,000-square-foot work area. The filing lists six general classrooms, a science lab, engineering lab, media lab, culinary classroom, four life-skills classrooms, two flex classrooms, a dining area and an outdoor learning space. (ceqanet.lci.ca.gov) That mix shows what Pleasanton means by “educational options.” Village High serves students in an alternative high school program, Pleasanton Virtual Academy runs independent study, and Adult Transition Options serves young adults with disabilities after high school. (patch.com; pleasantonusd.net) The district has tied the project to Measure I, the local school bond voters approved to fund campus construction and renovation work. Pleasanton Weekly reported the new center is part of a broader rebuild of alternative education services in the city. (pleasantonweekly.com) The project also answers a practical problem: these programs have been split across aging facilities with limited specialized space. The state filing says the work includes parking lot upgrades on Bernal Avenue and Americans with Disabilities Act access improvements, alongside new classrooms and support areas. (ceqanet.lci.ca.gov) Construction is expected to begin in 2026, according to the state notice filed in March 2025. For Pleasanton Unified, the goal is a permanent campus built around programs that have mostly operated on the margins of the district’s larger school system. (ceqanet.lci.ca.gov; pleasantonweekly.com)
