Shown is ongoing construction of the $2.8 million first phase of a joint-occupancy project at Pacific Beach Middle School between San Diego Unified School District and the YMCA.
The joint-occupancy project, nearing completion, is to include a track, field, swimming pool and recreation facility. The first phase involving building a track, turf field and parking lot, began construction in April 2016 and is expected to be done in early June.
Since 2009, Pacific Beach Middle School and the YMCA have been working to turn a gravel multi-purpose yard at the school into an aquatics center. The plan is to have the district pay for the construction of a new athletics field and parking, and to have the YMCA pay for the construction and maintenance of a new aquatics and community center in a “Pools for Schools” program.