Olympic Interim School
With passage of the 2016 bond, we are making improvements to the Olympic site, so it can be used to house Highline High School students during the construction of HHS, and during future school construction projects. HHS students and staff will use the Olympic Interim School for two years, from fall 2019 through spring 2021.
Site Location: 615 South 200th Street, Des Moines
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Photos of Progress
Timeline
UPDATE: Feb. 7, 2018--This timeline has been updated to reflect that HHS will now move in during the summer of 2019.
Planning & Design | January 2017 - June 2017
Bid & Award | July - September 2017
Construction | October 2017 - October 2019
Substantial Completion | October 2018
Final Completion | November 2018
Moving in Phase | January - September 2019
School Starts | September 2019
Designs & Plans
Background
Constructed in 1955 as a junior high school and later converted to an elementary school, in recent years the facility housed Mount Rainier High School students and Raisbeck Aviation High School students while their schools were under construction.
Before Highline High School students move in, we are required to make additional seismic improvements to meet current code requirements.
In addition, portable classrooms will be added to the site to increase capacity and to replace a large section of the center building. The timeline has been updated to host HHS students for two years instead of three. HHS students will attend school at the Olympic Interim School for two years, from fall 2019 until spring 2021.
Olympic Interim School Construction Updates
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Here is a progress report on projects big and small voters approved in the November 2016 bond.
![Icon to indicate project report for Olympic Interim School]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/t_image_size_1/v1529965723/highlineschoolsorg/umxtjyuffnxg90jgvqic/KOP-Olympic-Update-1000x667.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/t_image_size_2/v1529965723/highlineschoolsorg/umxtjyuffnxg90jgvqic/KOP-Olympic-Update-1000x667.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/t_image_size_3/v1529965723/highlineschoolsorg/umxtjyuffnxg90jgvqic/KOP-Olympic-Update-1000x667.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/t_image_compressed/v1529965723/highlineschoolsorg/umxtjyuffnxg90jgvqic/KOP-Olympic-Update-1000x667.png","width":1000}])
Project Update | Olympic Interim School
Renovation work on Buildings A and C continues, as well as on the portion of Building B that is not being demolished. The first order of portables has been delivered and installed. New portables to replace the majority of Building B have been ordered.
![Thank You, Highline Voters! Sign in front of Highline High School]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/t_image_size_1/v1530050309/highlineschoolsorg/rxxhrazu312auiq0nkmr/KOP-HHS-PhotoOct24122834PM-5x4.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/t_image_size_2/v1530050309/highlineschoolsorg/rxxhrazu312auiq0nkmr/KOP-HHS-PhotoOct24122834PM-5x4.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/t_image_size_3/v1530050309/highlineschoolsorg/rxxhrazu312auiq0nkmr/KOP-HHS-PhotoOct24122834PM-5x4.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/t_image_size_4/v1530050309/highlineschoolsorg/rxxhrazu312auiq0nkmr/KOP-HHS-PhotoOct24122834PM-5x4.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/t_image_compressed/v1530050309/highlineschoolsorg/rxxhrazu312auiq0nkmr/KOP-HHS-PhotoOct24122834PM-5x4.jpg","width":1500}])
Highline High School (HHS) students will move into the Olympic Interim School one year later than planned, with no change to the scheduled opening of the new HHS. Students will spend only two years, rather than three, at the interim site.
Project Update | Olympic Interim School
Project completion date now will be fall 2018, with the high school start at the Olympic Interim School moving from fall 2018 to fall 2019. Most of Building B will be demolished and replaced with new portable classrooms.
Project Update | Olympic Interim School
A wide variety of work is ongoing at the Olympic site to get ready for HHS students. Heating ducts were discovered to be in poor condition and this issue is being reviewed.
Project Update | Olympic Interim School
Abatement and selective demolition work continue. A variety of upgrades are in progress. Weather reports are closely monitored to allow roofing work to progress.