Gilroy Unified School District Facilities Master Plan

The conditions across the District’s middle school campus buildings range from recently modernized facilities in excellent condition to older campuses with fair conditions and targeted needs for upgrade. Brownell Middle School and South Valley Middle School represent the District’s newest investments, with comprehensive modernizations completed in 2019 and 2021, respectively. These campuses feature cohesive site planning, modern finishes, flexible learning environments, integrated technology, and well-maintained building systems, with only minor, localized deficiencies such as acoustics, shade enhancements, or selective equipment repairs.

In contrast, Ascencion Solorsano Middle School remains generally functional and well-organized but reflects an older generation of facilities. While major buildings—including administration, library, gym, and multi-purpose spaces—are in fair to good condition, classroom interiors, outdoor athletic areas, circulation clarity, shade coverage, and building finishes exhibit deferred maintenance and would benefit from modernization. Overall, the District’s middle schools are operational and supportive of current educational programs, with newer campuses requiring minimal intervention and older campuses presenting opportunities for targeted upgrades to finishes, outdoor environments, building systems, accessibility, and learning space flexibility to achieve greater consistency and long-term performance across all sites.

The conditions across the District’s High School campuses range from recently modernized and well-performing facilities to aging campuses with significant deferred maintenance and functional deficiencies. The District’s newest high school campus, Christopher High School, is generally cohesive, attractive, and operationally effective, with access to natural light and building in working conditions; however, even these sites exhibit wear in paving, landscaping, finishes, wayfinding, and accessibility connections that warrant targeted upgrades. In contrast, older campuses, including Gilroy High School and Mt. Madonna Continuation High School, are characterized by aging permanent and portable buildings, deteriorated finishes, outdated building systems, and limited accessibility, particularly within restrooms, locker rooms, CTE spaces, and athletic facilities.

Portable-heavy campuses such as GECA remain functional but constrained by limited site area, insufficient shade, aging exterior elements, and a lack of flexible support spaces to accommodate program growth. District-wide, common themes include worn interior finishes, outdated furniture and technology infrastructure, lack of shading and outdoor amenities, inconsistent accessibility compliance, and aging site infrastructure. Collectively, these conditions indicate a need for comprehensive modernization strategies, ranging from targeted refreshes at newer campuses to substantial reinvestment and reconfiguration at older sites, to support contemporary high school programming, student well-being, safety, and long-term durability.