BOND CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

There’s a chill in the air, and we've already seen some winter weather, but that isn’t stopping our amazing construction teams from making progress on a number of exciting bond projects.

New Naches Trail Elementary

Construction on the new Naches Trail Elementary is moving right along towards its fall 2023 completion.

Naches Trail 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.

The new 77,000-square foot school will house 41 general classrooms and is scheduled to be ready for students this fall.

Evergreen Elementary Expansion

After the New Naches Trail Elementary School is completed and staff and students move into the new building, the old Naches Trail Elementary will be home for the Evergreen Elementary staff and students while the renovation and expansion of their school takes place.

This project will modernize the current Evergreen Elementary building, which was originally built in 1979, and will add 15,000 square feet to the school.

Our School Board recently awarded the pre-construction phase of the Evergreen Elementary School expansion and renovation to Korsmo Construction.

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-squarefoot 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 a 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 this year.

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 this year and look to have it completed in 2024.