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# Big changes in store for high schools
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/big-changes-in-store-for-high-schools/
- Published: 2007-06-19T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T01:13:31.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Malibu, #archive-import

The largest school site in the district might not get an entirely new campus, but it’ll certainly come close with an estimated $99 million project.

In addition to a new Applied Instruction Building, which would contain a media center, library and art studios, the Facilities Master Plan calls for the construction of a new synthetic turf athletic field and a subterranean garage at Santa Monica High School.

The $99 million price tag does not include the parking structure, which is estimated to cost $12 million on its own.

A considerably less expensive upgrade is slated for Malibu High School whose biggest project would be the construction of a new library and media center. The current library would be transformed into a central administration office.

Malibu would be among the schools that will have temporary classes removed, except in this case, there are no plans to replace them with new classrooms. Instead, the extra space will be used to expand the high school’s quad.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 19, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/061907.pdf?ref=smdp.com)