Kelso School District Facility Bond Updates

On February 13th, the Kelso community approved a 96.6 million capital bond (thank you!) to make some much needed improvements to our schools. This website, WeAreKelso.org, is where you can find out what’s happening with the process and follow each of the projects.

What's happening?

Coming this summer!

Synthetic turf will be installed on Schroeder Field

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Recent News

Live-streaming construction at Wallace Elementary

Jun 22, 2019

Want to know what's happening with construction at Wallace Elementary? You can watch the live-stream and get up-to-the-moment visual updates on progress at bit.ly/WallaceLive. The time-lapse is pretty fun to see, too.

This week at Wallace…

Jun 12, 2019

Here's an aerial view of the construction work happening at Wallace. The asphalt on what has been the play area for many years has been removed so soil stabilization can begin. Meanwhile, the students are enjoying a temporary play area set up in the front of the...

Soil Stabilization Work Begins at Wallace Elementary School

May 31, 2019

The contractor building two new schools for Kelso School District, FORMA Construction, is starting construction of the new Wallace Elementary, which requires installing aggregate piers into the ground up to 40 feet deep. FORMA will bring in heavy equipment and loads...

Improvement Updates

Click to see the latest updates about these improvements.

Safety & Security

$7.5 million

Door access control, video surveillance, exterior lighting, communications systems

Adding & Updating Classrooms

$11.1 million

Elimination of portables, added classrooms, updated career and technical classrooms

Three School Replacements

$92.9 million

Repurpose Catlin Elementary for non K-12 use and replace with a new school on Lexington property. Rebuild Beacon Hill and Wallace Elementary on their existing sites.