Two community member co-chairs and a high school student, all from Highline’s volunteer Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC), recommended the next school bond at the school board meeting this week.
School Construction
We built the school projects you approved in the 2016 bond to support more of our students with modern learning environments. In Fall 2019, we completed the new, larger Des Moines Elementary School at the Zenith Site and a fifth middle school—Glacier Middle School—in SeaTac. We renovated the Olympic Site as an interim school. We opened an all-new Highline High School in Fall 2021. New facilities and upgraded security features improve safety in every school. Design work for new schools at Evergreen, Tyee and Pacific will speed future bond progress.
News Updates
You are invited to a farewell celebration to mark the closing of Southern Heights Elementary School. This drop-in community event is Saturday, May 21, from noon to 3:00 p.m.
The 2020 Technology Levy is funding new interactive display panels for every classroom before the start of next school year, and the deliveries have begun!
You're invited on Wednesday, June 15, at 5:30 p.m. for our ribbon cutting--finally! The HHS Opening Year Celebration will include refreshments and tours of the beautiful new Highline High School designed by Bassetti Architects. The RSVP form includes an opportunity to suggest an alumni speaker and enter a drawing to help cut the ribbon.
As the 2016 school bond construction, design and critical needs projects wind down, district staff continue to meet with and provide quarterly reports to the Capital Projects Oversight Committee. Here is a summary of the April meeting.
In March, community members from Highline’s volunteer school bond advisory committee overwhelmingly voted to recommend an updated fall 2022 bond package to the school board on May 18.
Questions?
Contact us and we will find the answer or the person who can assist you.
If you are a community member with a bond or project question, please contact Rosie Eades, Communications Specialist at 206-631-3094.
If you are a construction services provider, please call our Capital Planning & Construction office at 206-631-7500.
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