The renovation of the nearly 80-year-old Luther Burbank Auditorium was the first major capital improvement project of the District’s Measure H bond. The $28,000,000 project was completed in December 2019 and completely renovated the original auditorium into a new 400-seat auditorium with improved sight lines and full ADA access. Improvements to back-of-house production spaces include a renovated prop shop and full costume production facility and two new classrooms. This project also added a new “Studio Theater,” a multi-function flexible space that is used as a 200-seat teaching classroom, a black box theater, and a movie theater. The exterior shell of the building has been preserved, but the interior spaces are completely modern, allowing the theater faculty more flexibility in the types of programs they offer. The overhead lighting and audio-visual equipment is state-of-the-art and built to match the standards that SRJC students will expect to find when they work in the industry.
Garcia Hall Renovation Project
The Garcia Hall Renovation Project retained the historical beauty of the 1936 Heritage building while creating an elegant and modern learning environment that will serve students for many years to come. The project included lead and asbestos abatement, new roofing and the renovation of four large classrooms, two workrooms, two conference rooms, and ten faculty offices and is now home of the Communication Studies Department and the student-led Oak Leaf Multi-media News room. Doors opened to faculty and students in fall 2022.
Kinesiology, Athletics & Dance (KAD) FACILITIES Renovations, Phase 1 & Phase 2
These projects renovated all of the sports fields and added a new 50-meter outdoor pool with spectator seating and scoreboards. In 2019, the District renovated the Bailey football field and track. In 2021, the district replaced the bleachers and added a press box at the west side of Bailey field and added a new field house at the south end of Bailey field with locker rooms for football, women's track and field and men's track and field as well as coaches' offices and an outdoor roof terrace. The district also reconfigured the layout of the baseball, softball and soccer fields so that the softball and soccer fields no longer overlap.
KUNDE HALL
Built in 2018, Jeff Kunde Hall was initially erected to provide swing space for the occupants of Shuhaw Hall while the new Lindley Center for STEM Education was built. After the Lindley Center was completed, Jeff Kunde Hall was converted into the home for the English for Multilingual Students (EMLS) department and the High School Equivalency Program (HEP). Kunde Hall houses four computer labs, seven classrooms, offices for both the math department and EMLS and a flexible space for HEP.
LINDLEY CENTER FOR STEM EDUCATION
Completed in 2023, the 100,000-square-foot Lindley Center for STEM Education is the largest project of the Measure H bond and provides cutting-edge labs and classrooms for the mathematics, chemistry, physics, engineering and applied technology departments. It also provides integrated student services like MESA (Math, Engineering, Science Achievement), a dedicated tutoring space, intentional gathering spaces with plentiful natural light and a third-floor outdoor terrace.
Tauzer Gymnasium Renovation Project
Originally built in 1935, Tauzer Gymnasium was completely renovated and re-opened in January 2026. The renovations include seismic upgrades; new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems; a new elevator to serve the new second-floor dance studios; multiple all-gender restrooms; a new women's locker room; an updated weight room with new equipment; a new space for Adapted PE (formerly housed in Analy Village) with added ADA parking and updated spaces for sports medicine, wrestling and equipment storage and distribution.