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November 20, 2022
Thank You: Voters Say Yes at 68.8%;
CFAC Returns to Planning for Future

October 23, 2022
Bond on Nov. 8 Ballot;
Last Virtual Bond Meeting is Nov. 3;
3 Schools: Designs/Site Conditions/Stories/Quotes;
Equity for All 4 HS Service Areas;
CFAC "Keeps Our Promise;"
 Glacier Mural Dedication;
Ellie Daneshnia's Journey

September 20, 2022
Bond Info Meetings;
Enter Lottery for Bond Advisory;
10 HHS Student Voices;
HHS Solar Panels;
Electric Buses;
 Tyee Mascot Retires;
Tyee School Designs

July 11, 2022
Board Places Bond on Fall Ballot;
HHS Celebrates New Building;
HHS Design Wins Award;
HHS History Wall Goes Online;
Student: New Building Inspires;
 Tyee Mascot Retirement & New School Design Info Night

May 25, 2022
Board Hears Bond Recommendation;
See the Design for Pacific;
Integrus Visits Tyee Class to Discuss School Design;
Southern Heights Farewell;
HHS Opening Year Celebration

April 23, 2022
RSVP: June 15 HHS Opening Event;
CFAC Votes to Recommend Bond;
2016 Bond: Oversight Committee ;
Tech Levy: Promethean Panels Districtwide;
Bond Planners Dive into Data;
Advisory Group Tours 8 Schools

March 12, 2022
3 Design-only Bond Projects:
See New Tyee Design;
See New Evergreen Design & Learn About Pacific Design Status;
Bond Planners Dive into Data;
Advisory Group Tours 8 Schools

February 5, 2022
HHS Students’ Solar Dream Wins Grant & School Board Approval;
EHS Design Team Shares Sketches;
Advisory Group Tours 5 Schools;
Committee Tracks 2016 Bond;
FAQ

November 18, 2021
360-degree Photos of HHS Interior;
HHS T-shirts: Thank You, Voters!
300 Take Self-Guided Tours;
Tyee Designers Back to Work;
Facilities Advisory Group to Tour;
FAQ: Why is Southern Heights Recommended for Closure?

October 16, 2021
HHS Offers Self-guided Tours;
Grand Opening Events Postponed;
Rod Sheffer Retires After 46 Years;
CFAC Lottery Adds New Members;
Levy Town Hall & Live Q&A;
FAQ: Why are Moshier Field and parking lot under construction?

September 15, 2021
It's a Grand, New Pirate Ship!
Hilltop Building & Rain Garden;
Lottery for Facilities Advisory;
Levies & Bonds;
HHS Students Lead Charge for Solar;
FAQ: New HHS tennis courts open?
FAQ: What schools are at OIympic?

June 6, 2021
Pirates Visit Their New Ship;
CFAC: Create Future Facilities Plan;
District Buys & Sells Properties;
FAQ: Why don't I see Evergreen, Tyee or Pacific on list of 11 older sites being prioritized?

March 20, 2021
Pirate's Tour of New HHS;
Prioritizing 11 Older Schools;
HHS Tennis Coach Cuts Ribbon;
FAQ: When will other older schools be replaced and why so long?

January 16, 2021HHS: Something Old, Something New...
Oversight Committee;
Hilltop Gets 4 Classrooms;
Hilltop Gets Additional Building;
Olympic Interim Site's Next Life;
FAQ: Will the stained-glass pirate be re-installed in the main entrance?

October 11, 2020
What a Year It's Been! Part 2...
HHS Opens Fall 2021;
HHS Courts Turn Purple;
Hilltop Gets Additional Building;
Des Moines Aerial Photo;
Evergreen Field Unrolled;
FAQ: When does a new levy NOT increase taxes?
FAQ: Do all the students have devices now?

June 3, 2020
What a Year It's Been!
HHS Tennis Courts at Sunnydale;
Design Meetings: 3 Schools;
Evergreen Field: Lights & Synthetic;
FAQ: When is the next school bond?
FAQ: Why run a tech levy?

April 18, 2020
COVID: Work Continues at HHS;
Digging New Evergreen Field;
Design Meetings Go Virtual;
CFAC Planning Pauses;

February 23, 2020
CFAC Looks Forward 10 Years;
See Our Schools: Tour Invitation;
HHS Progress Photos Every Week;
Non-Bond: Evergreen Field;
Designing 3 More Schools;
FAQ: Status of Locks Project

January 5, 2020
Gym Walls & 3rd Floor Rise at HHS;
Updating HHS Logo for New School;
Planning for Future School Bonds;
Top 12 Construction Milestones 

November 24, 2019
HHS: Structural Steel & 2,300 Piers;
3 Schools Start Design Process;
CFAC Elects New Leaders;
CFAC Lottery Results;
FAQ: When Will Evergreen, Tyee & Pacific Buildings Be on Ballot?

November 2, 2019
Glacier Grand Opening;
CFAC Lottery Call;
HHS Builders Are Busy;
Bricks of Highline;
FAQ: Was Equity Part of Boundaries?

October 13, 2019
2 New Schools on Time & on Budget;
300 Tour New, Larger Des Moines;
Glacier Grand Opening Oct. 24;
CFAC Lottery: Planning for Future;
Speaker at Openings 50 Years Apart;
HHS Alum David Sabey's Hopes;
FAQ: Building Design Committees?

September 8, 2019
It's Grand Opening Time;
Des Moines: September 26, RSVP;
Glacier: October 24, RSVP;
Demolishing HHS, Saving Terracotta;
Pirates Take Over Olympic;
2 Classroom Buildings Installed;
FAQ: Why No HHS Bricks?

June 30, 2019
Next Bond Proposed to Board;
Peek Inside Glacier Middle School;
Architects: Evergreen, Tyee, Pacific;
Oversight & 2016 Bond Report;
Council & Board Tour Des Moines;
Farewell Photos + Videos;
FAQ: When is Demolition at HHS?

May 27, 2019
Pirates Bid Farewell to 1924;
Bond Recommendation for Board;
Students Cut Ribbon @ Olympic;
New Classroom Buildings;
Staff Tours New Des Moines;
Do You Remember When?

April 4, 2019
Olympic Ribbon Cutting;
360 Degrees of Glacier;
New Des Moines ES Takes Shape;
HHS Alumni & Community Day;
Building Our Next Bond;
Celebrating Des Moines ES

March 24, 2019
Life at Olympic;
Classroom Locks Coming;
Glacier Grows;
Bird's Eye View;
Building Our Next Bond;
Save the Dates

February 18, 2019
Architects Reveal HHS Design;
CFAC Takes a Look;
Schools in the Snow;
What Will Middle School Be Like?
Hello & Goodbye Events

January 26, 2019
Final Beam at Glacier: Video ;
What CFAC is Talking About;
HHS Final Design Reveal -- Feb. 7;
Oversight Committee Keeps Tabs;
Photo Album: Bird's Eye View 

December 8, 2018
A Story in Photographs: 4 Projects;
Boundaries Change;
Middle School Expands 

September 15, 2018
Bond Buys New Schools,
Paint, Play Tiles, Roofing & More:
Read Progress Report

June 30, 2018
Boundaries Adopted;
New Website > School Construction;
Boundaries FAQ

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