District overview
Cabrillo Unified School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
What is shaping Cabrillo's next few years?
Cabrillo Unified is a K-adult district governed by a five-member elected board. Its current record is shaped by two forces: declining enrollment that can pressure operating revenue and a voter-approved bond program financing major campus modernization.
The board controls districtwide decisions
The Governing Board adopts budgets, curriculum, policies, contracts, and bond-project scope; Superintendent Dr. Ramon Miramontes leads administration.
Enrollment is projected to keep falling
The district forecast projects 74 fewer students in 2026 and 157 fewer by 2030, concentrated first at the high school level.
Measure K projects are moving into design
The board approved the Half Moon Bay High master plan and design work while El Granada Phase 2 construction continues.
High-needs services remain a budget priority
The 2026-27 LCAP identifies $1.917 million in supplemental LCFF funding and $3.525 million in planned services for high-needs students.
The forecast expects housing development to add students and slow, though not reverse, the decline; enrollment pressure does not by itself establish program cuts or school closure.
Where the district stands
Fourteen agendas and eight adopted minute sets from August 2025 through June 2026.
District-commissioned forecast presented April 9, 2026.
Total expenditures in the 2026-27 LCAP budget overview; adoption outcome is not established by the collected minutes.
LCAP planned actions against $1.917 million in supplemental LCFF funding.
Major projects
Half Moon Bay High Measure K modernization
Master plan approved; design underwayThe board approved the campus facilities master plan, authorized Phase 1 design development, and contracted for architectural services on priority projects.
- Board approves the facilities master plan
- Board authorizes Phase 1 design development
- Board approves architectural services for Measure K priorities
Funding
Measure K general-obligation bond program
Later agenda packets propose pool demolition, Building G, and competition-pool design work, but the archive does not include outcome minutes.
El Granada Elementary modernization, Phase 2
Construction extended through December 2026The project scope expanded after unforeseen conditions, and the board approved both an amended facilities lease and extended management services.
- Board selects a special-inspections consultant
- Board approves the amended lease and extended project management
- Board approves Phase II security cabling and installation
Funding
District bond program
The November packet states a $19.42 million amended guaranteed maximum price and an additional $881,439 for extended management.
Enrollment and long-range budget planning
Five-year decline forecastThe district expects smaller kindergarten cohorts to flow through the system, with the steepest near-term impact at the high school level.
- Board receives the updated enrollment forecast
- Board holds hearings on the 2026-27 LCAP and proposed budget
- Agenda schedules LCAP and budget adoption
Funding
General fund and Local Control Funding Formula
Enrollment and attendance influence state revenue; local property taxes also contribute because the district is community funded.
Synthesized from 22 official district agenda and minute PDFs reviewed oldest to newest for the trailing year.
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