240 and 250 Singleton Avenue (Parcel 3 of the former Alameda Naval Air Station) was originally leased to the district in 1961 with infrastructure for the facilities maintained by the Navy. The Board of Education returned the properties to the Navy in 2011 when they discontinued supporting the utility infrastructure. 

In 2015, the District submitted to the United States Secretary of Education an Application for Public Benefit Allowance Acquisition of Surplus Federal Real Property for Educational Purposes to acquire Parcel 3 of the former Alameda Naval Air Station from the United States Navy (Navy).

The Navy approved the transfer of Parcel 3 (containing the properties located at 240 and 250 Singleton Avenue) in 2016. The program proposed by the district would restore the prior use of Parcel 3 to house both the Woodstock Child Development Center and Island High School. The district intended taking time to transfer the properties as to be in conjunction with the sale of North Housing to a private developer who would be responsible for development of the utility infrastructure. 

North Housing was sold by the Navy to Carmel Partners in the summer of 2017, and an MOU signed between the City of Alameda and Carmel Partners in March of 2018 gives the district access to the backbone infrastructure. 

Staff is asking the Board to authorize the transfer of 240 and 250 Singleton Avenue from the Navy and US Department of Education to AUSD.