While most schools around the San Diego Unified School District are waiting for their share of Proposition S dollars, Mission Bay High School (MBHS) is getting some of its monetary infusion right away. MBHS recently received $248,000 from the Prop S discretionary fund — which the school can spend however it chooses. “Basically, the school gets a pot of money to decide how they want to spend it,” said MBHS Principal Fred Hilgers. The school is planning to put the money toward three projects that already have initial approval: a new indoor/outdoor soccer facility, the conversion of a woodshop building into a multipurpose room and improvements to the outdoor lighting on campus. “What I like about these (ideas) is that they came from either the community or from the teachers,” Hilgers said. “These are things that the community and staff are saying, ‘Hey let’s do this for Mission Bay.’” Hilgers said the soccer facility would add to the school’s limited physical education resources and could be used in P.E. classes and in the after-school ASSETS program. An added bonus is that MBHS could rent the facility to groups such as the YMCA, local soccer clubs and even the San Diego Sockers, who have expressed interest. “The thing that sets it apart from the other projects is the ability to lease it out after hours,” Hilgers said. “Then we would be able to generate revenue.” The second project would take the existing woodshop on campus and transform it into a P.E. multipurpose room by removing equipment, renovating the room and installing wood floors. Hilgers said this facility would offer students a different option for physical education. “We have a weight room but we really don’t have a place where kids can go and do aerobics, yoga, spinning and stuff like that,” Hilgers said. “We have this woodshop that no one is using and we don’t foresee in the future that woodshop will come back to our site.” As for the lighting project, Hilgers said the poor lighting in areas of campus represents a safety issue for parents, students and staff. He added that the MBHS campus as a whole tends to be dark, necessitating the increase and repair of outdoor lighting. “Some of the light fixtures give off very little ambient light and they’re yellow and old,” Hilgers said. “We have expanded to the west side of Lee Street with the bungalows and we have minimal lighting over there.” Each of the three projects now goes to the cost estimate stage. Hilgers said the lighting project should be completed by fall, construction of the soccer facility could start during the summer and that the multipurpose room would have to meet state regulations before it is begun.