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2007 Capital Facilities Plan

Inventory of Schools and Program Capacity

Capacity Figures

An inventory of current permanent district facilities indicates a capacity to house 4,520 students, with an inventory of relocatable capacity to house 1,092 additional students. The October enrollment for the 2006-2007 School Year was 5,316 full-time-equivalent students. Enrollment forecasts are included in the next section of this plan.

Program capacity is determined by a school facility's design and how it is used to educate students. Program capacity is the maximum level of students that can be served educationally at each school.

In developing the program capacity information for Snoqualmie Valley School District, a survey of facilities was conducted. Each school principal described how teaching spaces were being used, i.e., the type of program offered, the numbers of students in each program, and the number of times the class was taught each day and the number and type of classrooms available. Supplemental program needs were also identified; such as special education, highly capable, music and computer instruction. This data enabled the District to develop definitions, numbers and types of teaching stations and programs. Due to changes in the instructional program, there has been a reduction in the number of classrooms available at some schools.

Although the age of school buildings in Snoqualmie Valley School District covers fifty years, a goal of the program capacity survey was to achieve a balance between the variety of school facilities' designs and the current education program. Each school building's original design was based on elements which included the community's expectations and available funding at the time of design. With this in mind, today's education program decisions are tied to school facility design decisions made in the past.

Recently, using the proceeds from a May 2003 bond authorization, impact fees and mitigation payments, the District completed several projects that added new classrooms and square footage. These projects included major construction at the following locations: Mount Si High School, Cascade View Elementary School, Chief Kanim Middle School, and Fall City Elementary School. Bond monies also funded a District-wide fiber-optic communications network.

The District’ third middle school remains to be completed with the $53.5 Million of proceeds from the 2003 bond authorization. It is scheduled to be occupied in September of 2008.

In September 2006 at a regular meeting Board of Directors, a 23-member, community-based, Facilities Task Force recommended that the District place a bond-funded $209.2 million construction proposal on the ballot which would address many of the District’s future facilities needs. Those recommendations are included in this plan.