Bond Project Update: December 2022
Thank you, voters!
New Naches Trail Elementary
Construction on the new Naches Trail Elementary still on schedule for its fall 2023 completion. The new 77,000-square foot school will house 41 general classrooms.
Naches Trail Elementary was originally slated to get a complete remodel and expansion. But a cost analysis determined it would actually be more expensive to modernize the current school than it would be to build a new school.
Evergreen Elementary Expansion
Once the New Naches Trail is completed and staff and students move into the building, the old Naches Trail Elementary will become home for the Evergreen Elementary staff and students in 2024, while the renovation and expansion of their school takes place.
This project will modernize and add 15,000 square feet to the current Evergreen Elementary building, which was originally built in 1979.
The project is scheduled to be completed in 2025.
Graham-Kapowsin High School Expansion
Construction is well underway on the Graham-Kapowsin High School expansion project. The 33,000-square-foot expansion is adding a new classroom wing, an auxiliary gym and weight room, along with a larger commons area and administrative spaces. The new wing will allow students and faculty members to move from portables back into the main building.
Once construction is done, GKHS will also be home to a new School-Based Health Clinic, the construction of which is being funded through congressional award that Congresswoman Kim Schrier spearheaded. It will offer students and staff from GKHS, Frontier Middle, and Nelson Elementary a free clinic for an assortment of medical needs.
The GKHS projects are scheduled to be completed by the fall of 2023.
Elementary #19
Bethel’s 19th elementary school will be a two-story, 64,000-square-foot school located in the Lipoma Firs community. It will house nearly 500 students in 24 classrooms.
Because the school will be located in Lipoma Firs, which has sidewalks throughout, Elementary #19 will be one of Bethel’s only “walking schools.”
Construction crews will break ground on the project in 2023 and look to have it completed in 2024.
New Bethel High School
Construction on the New Bethel High School project will begin by early 2024. The construction timeline is 27 months, with an anticipated opening in the fall of 2026.
Other projects to be funded by the voter-approved 2019 School Construction Bond
2024
Camas Prairie Elementary traffic safety project
2025
Elk Plain School of Choice Improvements (anticipated start in 2023)
New Kitchens at Bethel Middle and Roy Elementary (design begins 2023)
2028
Cedarcrest Middle School Improvements (anticipated start in 2025)
Ongoing
Security Upgrades to 24 schools
Fire Alarm Upgrades to four schools
HVAC Replacements
Energy Efficiency Improvements
LED Lighting Conversion at Frontier Middle School
