Trustees wriggle around litigation, choose lease-purchase in pursuit of Blue Shield building

During last night's closed session WJUSD School Board meeting, trustees finagled a lease-purchase agreement that offsets the inability to sell Certificates of Participation. The demise of the COPs was brought on by the ongoing Grand Jury investigation, but details were not available at the time of this post.

It wasn't until after the three and a half closed session meeting that a few citizens and Grand Jury members learned of the twist in the purchase of the Blue Shield building to house administrative offices. It was not disclosed what the lease terms are, or the eventual purchase terms.

What is clear, however, is the recall effort will proceed since the district is still intent on purchasing the building. Papers for the recall may begin circulating this Friday - the day marking the 90-day period since two of the trustees subject to the recall took office.