{"id":4136,"date":"2021-06-09T22:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T22:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=4136"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:22:45","slug":"musd-receives-a-huge-land-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/musd-receives-a-huge-land-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"MUSD receives a huge land donation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Madera Unified School District has received nearly 50 acres from King Husein, CEO of SPAN Construction & Engineering, Inc.<\/p>

The property is located on the south side of West Cleveland Avenue between Avenue 16 and North Westberry Boulevard in the city of Madera. The vacant lot, which is valued at nearly $9 million, is set to be a future site for a K-8 school pending a review by the California Department of Education and the California Environmental Quality Act. If approved, Madera Unified intends to honor the donor by granting naming rights of \u201cKing Husein School\u201d subject to the school board\u2019s final discretion in constructing the project.<\/p>

The new school would help provide student capacity for new residential development and help overcapacity issues at nearby schools, including Lincoln and Adams Elementary and Howard School. This project was also listed on the 2018 GO Bond Project List as a new K-8 school.<\/p>

SPAN, which has been ranked No. 1 in the steel building industry by Metal Construction News for over 30 years, builds Costco\u2019s and other major steel buildings in several countries worldwide.<\/p>

Husein, who is originally from India, said that it was education that enabled him to come to the U.S., build his career, and start his own business.<\/p>

\u201cThere are many great causes you can donate to, but to me, when you educate an individual, you are educating generations; you are pulling students out of poverty and giving them something to look forward to,\u201d Husein said. \u201cThe way Madera Unified is educating their students, I believe is top level and that surprised me and impressed me.\u201d<\/p>

Another big reason Madera Unified was chosen for the grand gesture was Madera High School Alum and SPAN\u2019s Chief Financial Officer, Julia Pena. When Pena attended high school, she had a great experience while taking a class from an accounting teacher named Sandon Schwartz, who is now Madera Unified\u2019s Deputy Superintendent, and set her on a path to success.<\/p>

\u201cWhat I am hoping is that generations of kids get the same experience that I did and that they can contribute back to the community like I am doing,\u201d Pena said. \u201c<\/p>

\u201cKing Husein has been a crucial leader in Madera for decades and has always chosen to keep his business right here where it was born,\u201d said MUSD Superintendent Todd Lile. \u201cTo support Madera for decades to come and to actualize his deeply held belief in education, he chose support for our Governing Board\u2019s educational vision. We have been sincerely inspired by the values and integrity of King, Julia, and the entire organization. On behalf of our trustees and colleagues at every level, we hope the Husein Family and the Span Family know just how grateful we are for their generosity and goodwill. They are yet another reason why WE BELIEVE in Madera!\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Madera Unified School District has received nearly 50 acres from King Husein, CEO of SPAN Construction & Engineering, Inc. The property is located on the south side of West Cleveland Avenue between Avenue 16 and North Westberry Boulevard in the city of Madera. The vacant lot, which is valued at nearly $9 million, is set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[26,28,39,46,48,50],"class_list":["post-4136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-business","tag-charity","tag-government","tag-organizations","tag-real-estate","tag-schools"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}