District overview
Sonoma Valley Unified School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
What is shaping district decisions now?
Sonoma Valley Unified, NCES LEA 0637200, is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees. The district says a 40% enrollment decline from 2012 to 2025 created structural deficits and drove a multi-year consolidation process.
Prestwood closes after 2025–26
The Board approved the elementary closure 4–1 and the district is transitioning students and staff across remaining campuses.
Two closed campuses await future-use decisions
The district says no final plans exist for Adele Harrison or Prestwood and has convened a statutory 7-11 advisory committee.
New leadership is setting priorities
Jason Sutter began as superintendent March 1 and the Board has identified literacy, attendance, and trust as current priorities.
School-level councils still matter
School Site Councils develop campus plans and can surface local priorities that central district announcements do not describe.
The collected record explains the consolidation decisions and current projects, but Simbli-hosted agendas and minutes were not available under the repository's current terms policy.
What the official record establishes
Nine unique, readable official HTML records collected across the trailing year.
The district describes this as historical context for structural deficits and consolidation.
Final action on October 9, 2025.
Closure, superintendent transition, bond modernization, and new academic programs.
The collected budget index links to external folders but does not itself provide a compatible expenditure and enrollment pair.
Major projects
Prestwood Elementary consolidation
Closure approved; transition underwayPrestwood will close after the 2025–26 year, with students and staff transitioning into remaining elementary schools.
- Board adopts intent to consolidate, 4–0
- Board approves closure, 4–1
- Prestwood's final school year concludes
Funding
District operating and facilities resources
The collected consolidation page does not quantify transition savings or costs.
Future use of closed campuses
Advisory review underwayA 7-11 committee is reviewing data and community input before recommending future uses for Adele Harrison and Prestwood properties.
- Adele Harrison closes after the 2024–25 year
- District reports no finalized plans for either campus
Funding
District property assets
No sale, lease, or reuse decision is established in the collected record.
Bond-funded campus modernization
Districtwide work underwayThe district is improving seismic safety and accessibility at the middle school and upgrading solar, HVAC, controls, and lighting across campuses.
- District reports current seismic, accessibility, and energy work
- Additional middle-school seismic and accessibility work is planned during 2027
Funding
Local bond funds
The collected announcement does not state a project-level budget.
Recent news
This partial overview synthesizes nine official district pages collected for the trailing year and reviewed chronologically. It does not treat the unavailable Simbli meeting archive as reviewed.
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