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Approved

City approved the park plan · Feb 4, 2025

San Diego Unified and the City are turning the field at Jones Elementary into a joint-use park. The school uses it during school hours, and the public can use it outside school hours. It is part of the City's Play All Day program.

The park would have a 2.09-acre natural grass field with a 9-foot asphalt walking track around it. It would also have shade trees, a drinking fountain, fencing and an accessible parking lot.

The school district leads the design and construction. It pays for them with bonds that voters approved.

Next: The school district will build the field as part of a modernization of the whole Jones Elementary campus. The work also adds a new administration building and a student drop-off area. The district's construction portal schedules the work from November 2027 to January 2030.

Planning group: The planning group voted 6–0 on August 15, 2024 to recommend the park plan.

  1. Environmental determination (City)
  2. Parks and Recreation Board report
  3. Park plan approval (City)
  4. Expected:Construction starts
  5. Expected:Construction finishes

Updated

The entrance to John Paul Jones Elementary School, with the school's name in metal letters over the gate and hedges in front.
Photo: Serra Mesa Matters

Near Jones Elementary