Recent News
Lake Wilderness tour
Last week, a small team traveled to Tahoma School District for a tour of Lake Wilderness Elementary School. The school has 940 students -- 800 K-5 and 140 pre-K. The team was there in time to see the morning arrival of nearly 200 drop-offs and 13 buses. They met with...
read moreOpen houses and FAQs
After realizing we needed to make some changes to our construction plans, we started asking for input from our Kelso community. So far, we've held a public hearing, an open house, and our Superintendent Mary Beth Tack, along with Executive Director of Business &...
read morePublic hearing, open houses scheduled
We're holding a public hearing and two open houses to invite the community to share their thoughts on a proposed change in construction plans for replacing aging elementary schools. (Read more about that here.) The public hearing will be held Monday, December 17th, at...
read moreImprovement 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.
Athletic Facilities
$6.8 million
High school and middle school fields, tracks, and stadium

School Modernization
$17.6 million
Upgrade plumbing, heating, ventilation, cooling, roofs, windows, siding
Traffic & Parking
$1.1 million
Parking capacity expansion, traffic flow improvement around schools
Project Timeline
