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

Construction Begins at Wallace Elementary with Groundbreaking Ceremony on May 22

May 16, 2019

After more than a year of planning, construction on the new Wallace Elementary School is beginning. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held on Wednesday, May 22nd to celebrate the official start of school upgrades. The community is invited to attend the public ceremony...

Preparing for construction with portable classrooms

May 6, 2019

Portable classrooms were delivered to the north side of Wallace Elementary today to accommodate construction. We plan to transition four classes into these portables during the Memorial Day intersession, and they’ll remain there until construction is complete. Some...

Sneak peek: Virtual tour of your new schools!

Apr 17, 2019

Wonder what your new schools will look like? Join us for a virtual tour and see the blueprints come to life. Lead architects from Integrus Architecture will lead the tour, showing what the schools will look like outside and inside. Members from Integrus, Kelso School...

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.