Capital Facilities Advisory Committee

Our community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) members plan to recommend to the school board on June 26 that the next school bond include rebuilding Evergreen and Tyee high schools and Pacific Middle School.

Members of the community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) are close to recommending a dollar amount for the next school construction bond. Read about their April 24 meeting and find out when the next meeting is.

Staff and community members from across the district are talking and crunching numbers to finalize priorities and construction budgets for the next school bond.

Our community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) met on February 27. They reviewed photos of the aging buildings they toured and started looking at baseline costs for replacing the three schools that will begin the design process this year. 

Community members spent four hours touring several of our older school buildings on Saturday, February 2.

Deadline extended! High school students now in 9th- and 10th-grade who are affected by boundary changes may opt to stay at their current high school through graduation.

It’s a big ask, but Highline’s volunteer school bond planners are up to the task. Our Capital Facilities Advisory Committee meets each month to work on recommendations for future school construction needs in our district. Find out what they are learning and talking about.

Highline Public Schools has changed school boundaries and feeder patterns for fall 2019. Use our on-line tool to look up your fall 2019 neighborhood schools. Learn more.

A new year of planning for future needs kicks off Wednesday, October 10. Community members from every high school service area in Highline Public Schools are charged with recommending a long-range capital facilities plan to the school board.

Enter your name in our lottery. You could be one of 40 parents and residents working to recommend a long-range plan for building new schools.

On Wednesday, June 28, the school board adopted a new set of school boundaries within Highline Public Schools. The plan was developed by the community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC). The revised boundaries will take effect fall 2019.

The community-led bond and boundary planning committee for Highline Public Schools presented a recommended set of boundary maps and a list of additional considerations at the June 6, 2018 school board meeting.

Members of the community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) have developed a revised set of boundary maps and school feeder plan. The draft plan incorporates many of the changes suggested by community members.

Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) members met April 25 to begin sifting through feedback, trying alternative boundary suggestions and drafting a revised plan.

Community members took a turn suggesting new school boundary lines at a Boundary Design Session on April 17.

Boundary changes are not easy. The deadline for online feedback is extended to April 20. Find out about the April 17 Boundary Design Session and next steps for the planning committee.

A group of Highline community members shared their proposed districtwide boundary plan at a community meeting on March 14. The draft maps, background information and online feedback tool are now online.

A group of hard-working Highline community members is ready to share their proposed districtwide boundary plan. The group volunteered many hours over several months to craft a boundary map based on data and guiding principles, with the interests of the whole district in mind. The first community meeting is March 14.

Changes are coming in 2019. The time to talk about it and plan for it is now. With two new schools opening in fall 2019, and sixth grade moving to middle school, the district needs to redraw some of the school boundaries. Watch for a community meeting in March.

The Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) met September 13, 2017 to begin work on boundary changes to prepare for the new elementary and the new middle school opening in 2019.

The Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) meets September 13, 2017 to focus on boundary changes. An orientation meeting for new members is scheduled for August 29. An additional bond Oversight Committee meets August 23, 2017.

The hometown heroes of the last school bond are rolling up their sleeves again. Volunteer representatives from all four high school service areas in Highline Public Schools met June 14 to tackle boundary changes and continue planning for the future.

The Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) will complete the district’s long range facilities plan and monitor progress on current bond-funded school construction. Members will also study and make recommendations on school boundary revisions.

Eight community members will keep a close eye on the progress and spending on Highline Public Schools bond projects. These community members agreed to serve as the Capital Projects Oversight Committee to ensure accountability on school construction projects.

We are jumping for joy! The Highline bond has passed, with 66.99 percent voting in favor. The bond provides our students with safer schools and room to learn.