PEC ♥ ASAP: Help Bring Paul Ecke Central Home

Our school is gone. Our kids are displaced. And we need our community's help to get the rebuild of Paul Ecke Central back on track.

For nearly 100 years, Paul Ecke Central Elementary has been at the heart of Leucadia. In August 2026, the PEC campus was demolished to make way for a long-awaited new school. Today, more than 500 PEC students are being bused to temporary campuses at El Camino Creek and Park Dale Lane.

The original plan was for our children to return to a newly rebuilt PEC in August 2027. We now know that timeline will not be met.

As PEC parents, we want to do everything we can to keep the rebuild a community priority and help prevent further delays.

Our message is simple: PEC ♥ ASAP. Bring Paul Ecke Central home as soon as possible.

We believe the best way forward is for our school district, city, and community to work together to find solutions, move the project forward, and get our kids back to their neighborhood school.

Now we need your help spreading that message.

Where Your Donation Goes

Funds raised through this GoFundMe will help make PEC ♥ ASAP visible throughout Encinitas. Our initial plans include:

Flyers

Distributed throughout all eight EUSD school communities.

PEC ♥ ASAP Bumper Magnets

An easy way for families and community members to show their support.

Construction Site Banner

A large banner along the construction fence at Union Street and Vulcan Avenue, a visible reminder to the community waiting for its school to come home.

Yard Signs

Placed throughout our neighborhoods to spread the message beyond PEC families.

Local Business Signs

Window signs for local businesses that want to show their support.

As needs evolve, donations may also support other outreach efforts focused on the same goal: keeping attention on the PEC rebuild and helping move the project forward. Once the school is rebuilt, any remaining funds will be split evenly between all 9 EUSD elementary school PTAs.

Help Us Spread the Word

If you can, please donate. No amount is too small. Every dollar helps us reach more of our community.

You can also help by displaying a yard sign, putting a magnet on your car, asking a local business to display a sign, and sharing PEC ♥ ASAP with friends and neighbors.

This is simply PEC parents and community members working together to raise awareness. It is not affiliated with or funded by the PEC PTA or EUSD.

We don't want finger-pointing. We don't want more delays. We want everyone working together toward the same goal: get the rebuild back on track and get our kids home.

One community. One positive, unified voice. One goal.

PEC ♥ ASAP