Who actually owns the Ronald School?
As the District has learned through Mr. Hill’s legal research, the existing ground lease and prior conveyance of Ronald School to the museum does not comply with statutory and constitutional requirements and is void. The issue needs to be addressed legally. Under the lease as written, the right of the Museum to use the land on which the Ronald School building is located is limited to that set forth in the ground lease agreement between the Museum and the School District dated March 21, 1989. The lease will terminate on March 21, 2014. The lease provides that in the event the School District needs the land for District purposes, the lease may be cancelled at any time upon 6 months written notice to the Museum. In addition, on November 17, 1999, the Museum granted an option to the District to purchase the building for $10.00. In that option agreement, the District agreed not to seek to recapture the building “prior to considering and eliminating all other reasonable alternatives for prov
