End is near for Tustin legal battle
Nearly three years after the first lawsuit was filed, a legal battle between Tustin Unified and The City of Tustin could be close to resolution.
The trial resolution will determine if Tustin Unified School District needs city approval for construction on school campuses. A settlement is still possible, though the two public entities are set to go to trial Monday. The trial has been postponed four times, beginning in December 2010. The most recent trial date was July 17th, which was continued to Jan. 28th.
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What happened with Heritage School?
Tustin Unified decided to temporarily use Heritage School, a planned elementary school on the former Tustin Marine base, to house its continuation and adult schools as well as some district staff while construction is ongoing on their former locations.
The city sued the district in August 2011 because of the move, contending that the district should have examined environmental impacts before building the $12 million campus. City representatives said at the time that the suit was filed to protect property values on the former base.
A Riverside Superior Court Judge ruled in July that the district did nothing wrong in moving students and staff to the empty 10-acre Heritage School campus at 15400 Lansdowne Road.
District representatives have said that when enough elementary age children are living on the former base, Heritage School will open as an elementary school.
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