Santa Clarita City Council members are set to look at another potential Einstein Academy location Tuesday, and this time with city staffers recommending city approval.
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Santa Clarita officials staffers are recommending City Council OK a site for 250 students on site off Rye Canyon Road in Valencia.
The school site also would accommodate 50 home school students, according to the City Council agenda. The site is OK to accommodate 20 teachers and administrative staff, as well.
The site would have students from kindergarten to fourth grade inside an existing 53,000 square-foot commercial building at 25300 Rye Canyon Road.
Santa Clarita planning commissioners voted 5-0 to deny Einstein Academy’s plan for the Valencia school site at a March hearing.
Einstein Academy officials have been working with city officials on the site for more than a year, according to a statement from a Facebook group.
The plan denied by the city’s Planning Commission called for 650 students in kindergarten through grade 6, with an additional 37 teachers and employees.
City planners said the school needed to reduce the student population for approval.
Einstein Academy recently opened a site at the old Pinecrest school site on Orchard Village Road under protest from the Newhall School District.
Related: Einstein Academy Opens Elementary School At Old Pinecrest Site
Planning Commissioner Lisa Eichman expressed concern over the site choice because it was an industrial park, and shared concern with the other commissioners over the impact to surrounding businesses.
According to the City Council agenda: “The proposed project would include interior improvements consisting of the construction of 14 classrooms, 23 offices, and an indoor multi-purpose and play area.
The proposed exterior improvements consist of the construction of pedestrian sidewalks adjacent to the existing right-of-way of Avenue Scott and Rye Canyon Road, and the conversion of 5,700 square feet of existing outdoor pavement to a picnic and turf area.
No additional exterior construction is anticipated.”
A traffic study submitted by Einstein Academy officials revealed an early drop-off schedule, as well as other efforts to lessen the impact on traffic underway by the school.
The traffic and parking management plan is expected to be implemented “through a ‘triad’ of resources, including: (1) an on-site school official, who will be responsible for leading the T&PMP’s ongoing efforts, operations, and program monitoring; (2) LLG’s support in the initial, startup stages to establish the vision/objectives and framework/parameters of the operating plan for the T&PMP, and turnkey training of traffic control personnel; and (3) a qualified third-party contractor (similar to a firm providing crossing guard services) to be hired by AEA, which will provide paid staff, field traffic control personnel in carrying out the requirements of the T&PMP, onsite field presence, and provide project management oversight and monitoring/internal field checks.”
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