The property at 1150 Eastern Avenue has served the affluent Arden Park neighborhood as an educational center since the early 1960's. The site possesses a rare and valuable Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to operate a school, which runs with the land.
Originally, the campus was constructed on 12.77 acres as an elementary school, serving the neighborhood in that capacity until it transitioned into an adult education facility. In 1984, the property was declared surplus property by the San Juan Unified School District. The Subject Property was sold to River Oaks Center for Children, Inc. (formerly Re-Ed West) for the operation of a non-profit private school. The balance of the original school site was sold to Mission Oaks Park and Recreation District for a community park and the home of the Eastern Little League, which remains in operation today.
Sierra School at Eastern has operated at 1150 Eastern Avenue since 2009, originally as SESI, or Specialized Education Services, Inc. For 30 years, SESI-headquartered in Yardley, PA-has been expertly and holistically meeting the academic, behavioral, and emotional needs of K-12+ students facing intensive learning, language, and social challenges
For 30 years, SESI-headquartered in Yardley, PA-has been expertly and holistically meeting the academic, behavioral, and emotional needs of K-12+ students facing intensive learning, language, and social challenges. Implementing a signature education model that incorporates supportive therapies and life skills training, SESI emphasizes guiding students to success in and out of the classroom and optimally preparing them for next steps. SESI has an impressive graduation rate of 79%-98% for special education students (across all SESI schools) and a partner retention rate of more than 90%.
SESI operates the Sierra School of Sacramento (one of 5-6 Sierra Schools and Academies) and the High Road Schools and Academies as its flagship stand-alone Special Education facility. Local School Districts send students to the schools and pay a tuition for their specialized education. School districts typically place a student in a "non-public" school when they can no longer meet their unique individual educational needs or when students become too complex or disruptive or a danger to themselves or others if they remain in their neighborhood schools.
