Manteca High Adds EV Chargers in Parking Lot

Manteca Unified is installing electric vehicle chargers at Manteca High and Golden West schools as part of parking lot work.

Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Electric Vehicles

Photograph of a single electric vehicle charging post at the edge of an empty school parking lot beside fresh white stall lines under a clear sky. — Manteca Unified is installing electric vehicle chargers at Manteca High and Golden West schools as part of its $56 million Measure A parking lot work. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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Manteca Unified School District is installing EV chargers at Manteca High School as part of parking lot improvements funded by its $56 million Measure A school bond. The district is also adding chargers at Golden West School as part of a parking lot expansion.

Why it matters

State law requires EV charging infrastructure in new school construction projects and certain parking lot improvements. The Golden West expansion is also expected to help relieve congestion in the student drop-off zone along Main Street at the start and end of the school day.

Manteca High's student lot will include three dual chargers and two single chargers, with one more single charger planned, as part of the $56 million Measure A work. The district already runs five charging stations at its Louise Avenue office complex.

The players

Manteca Unified School District

The public school district serving Manteca, California, which is overseeing the Measure A bond projects and the installation of EV chargers at its schools and facilities.

The details

A charger will be placed in the expanded faculty lot at Yosemite and Sherman avenues, where solar arrays will also be installed. Golden West will be the first elementary campus in the district with EV chargers, added as part of its parking lot expansion south of the gym.

Manteca High opened its first school day on October 20, 1920, in temporary classrooms.
Measure A school bond work, including the Manteca High parking lot improvements, is underway in 2026.

Roadmap

The installations follow a California state requirement that EV charging infrastructure be built into new school construction and certain parking lot improvements. Manteca Unified is applying that mandate across its campuses, from high school lots to planned elementary sites in Southwest Manteca.

Students and staff at Manteca High and Golden West will have access to EV charging in their school parking lots once the projects are complete. The expanded Golden West lot is also intended to ease traffic at drop-off and pick-up times along Main Street.

The takeaway

Electric vehicle charging is becoming a standard feature of school infrastructure projects in California, not an add-on. Families and staff in Manteca can expect charging access to expand as school parking lots are rebuilt under the Measure A bond.