Capital Facilities Advisory Committee

Highline’s community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) wants to learn more about your priorities for planning the next school construction bond. Learn more and share your input using this ThoughtExchange through March 1.

Highline’s community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) is approaching a capital bond recommendation. Read a summary of their February 2 meeting.

In January, Highline’s community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) received more information. Members worked in small groups to test which projects and capital needs fit within potential bond dollar amounts. They developed five potential bond packages, ranging from $450 to $650 million. Next, committee members will refine their bond package ideas, and work toward consensus. They will seek feedback in February.

Highline’s community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) received additional data — enrollment and tax rate projections — to guide them in recommending the next bond package to the Highline School Board.  

Highline’s community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) reviewed and discussed conceptual site layouts and preliminary costs estimates for seven aging school sites at its October meeting.

Highline’s Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) met on September 8 to continue its work toward a bond package recommendation for fall 2026.

Highline’s Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) met on June 23 to continue its work toward a recommendation for a future school bond measure. A highlight of the meeting was a site feasibility analysis presented by Bassetti Architects.

The Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) recently tested its prioritization system using mock school sites. This exercise helped members evaluate how to best allocate a limited bond budget using criteria such as student impact, building condition and safety.  

Highline’s Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) practiced prioritizing school replacement and improvement projects at the February 24 CFAC meeting.

Highline Public Schools secured competitive interest rates on the latest sale of school bonds approved by voters in 2022. Learn how and why it matters.

Last week, members of Highline's community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) embarked on a two-year timeline to recommend the next school construction bond. They hope to reach consensus on which capital projects and what dollar amount to recommend to the school board by February 2026.

We drew names in the lottery for an open seat on our community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) on Wednesday, October 9.

Members of our community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) dove into enrollment projections and tax rates at their April 24 meeting. They are gathering the information they need to recommend which schools be rebuilt in the next school construction bond.

Our community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee concluded its 2022-23 work session this spring by forwarding a living priority list of schools needing replacement to Superintendent Ivan Duran and the school board. The lottery for open seats on CFAC is now open!

Superintendent Ivan Duran asked for a round of applause at the last meeting of our community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) to celebrate the committee’s planning work and recommendations in previous years that laid the foundation for the approval of the 2022 bond in November. Read a summary of the November CFAC meeting.

Our community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) held its first meeting of the 2022-23 school year on Wednesday, September 28, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the district central office. Read a meeting summary and learn more about planning for future bonds to rebuild other aging schools.

We welcome nine new members to our community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC). 

The Highline School Board voted unanimously to place the next school bond on November 2022 election ballots. If approved by 60 percent of voters, the bond would fund new schools for Evergreen, Tyee and Pacific.

The School Board is considering a resolution to place a capital bond before Highline voters in November. The board is slated to vote June 22 on the resolution to place the bond on the ballot.

Two community member co-chairs and a high school student, all representing Highline’s volunteer Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC), recommended the next school bond at the school board meeting this week. 

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.

Thirty-five committed Highline residents are continuing a legacy of community service and involvement in long-term school bond planning. And now they are back to meeting in person… mostly!

Members of our community-led Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) toured five of our older school buildings on Saturday, January 22.

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.