Trustees at Bolinas-Stinson Union School District, foreseeing voter pushback to both an upcoming bond measure and a parcel tax renewal in 2020, earmarked half of the district’s reserve of nearly $1 million for facility improvements last week. “The move was less for financial reasons and more to communicate to the community what our intentions for the reserve are,” district superintendent John Carroll said. “To have a parcel tax renewal coming up, which we really want to do—and then a bond tax on top of that—we want to demonstrate to taxpayers that we are using their money and not just putting it aside.” The trustees’ unanimous decision effectively transferred $500,000 of the district’s $973,361 in unrestricted general funds to a capital improvements fund, which now totals $600,000. That money would complement funds the district hopes to acquire through a future bond measure for improvements to school facilities. Though a facilities needs committee has not yet defined its priorities, Mr. Carroll said a community survey last fall showed interest in replacing or revamping the 2,700-square-foot Quesada Building, built in 1966. The building is small and inadequate for a variety of priorities the board identified in its strategic plan, Mr. Carroll said, including as a space for indoor physical education, rainy day lunches, assemblies, performances and storage related to those activities. The district originally planned to bring the bond measure to voters this fall, but Mr. Carroll said it will likely wait until after the school’s parcel tax—which generates almost half a million dollars each year from the $300 paid per parcel—is successfully renewed in 2020. In the past, Bolinas voters have had mixed feelings about a bond measure to generate funds for facilities. The school’s last proposal, from 2014, failed to gain the necessary 55 percent of votes, with 49.72 percent voting in favor. Mr. Carroll previously suggested that the list of projects the bond would have funded was too broad. In addition to renovating the Quesada building, it included improving instructional technology, health, safety, handicapped accessibility and the quality of education in general. As a basic aid district, Bolinas-Stinson can hold onto any extra funds generated by property taxes from year to year. Currently the school, which has a student body of just 111, has $1.8 million in savings, though 17 percent of that is reserved for economic uncertainties and around $30,000 is restricted for specific uses. Molly Lounibus, a parent of a fourth grader and a kindergartner, voiced her support for the trustees’ decision during last week’s meeting. “I think it’s important to show the community that you are committed to these projects, while also making it known that you can’t fund everything alone,” she said.