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March 2008 Bond Proposition

Snoqualmie Valley residents will have the opportunity to vote March 11, 2008 on a new bond measure totaling $189. 6 million, to address overcrowding in our schools.

We’ve Been Listening…

Two attempts last year to pass a $209 million bond proposition narrowly missed the 60% requirement to pass, with a 57.8% and then 58.5% approval rating respectively. In response, a 20-member citizen’s Facilities Task Force spent months analyzing new data (enrollment projections, construction options, inflation, etc.) and considered a broad range of opinions (in the form of surveys, election results, public meetings, online and direct community input, etc.) Their challenge – in finalizing a recommendation for the School Board - was to carefully consider what voters would be more willing to support, while doing what’s best for kids.

This is What We’ve Heard…

As a result, this new proposition reflects the most common themes heard from the community. This proposal looks similar to last year’s bond proposition because the needs remain the same (if not more urgent) and this basic approach was supported by 58.5% of the community last spring. The primary difference now is a lower cost.


To help reduce the total on this bond yet still address the most urgent needs of our students, the following changes were incorporated into the district’s facilities plan:

  • Phasing the construction of High School #2 – building for 1200 students initially, then adding capacity for 300 more students in the future (to be addressed in a future bond). Enrollment projections indicate needing Phase 2 capacity around the year 2016.
  • The School Board and Superintendent have expressed a strong preference to locate a new high school in North Bend. However, since land cannot be purchased until funds are available, an exact location is not yet known.
  • Building Elementary School #6 in Snoqualmie with a capacity for 500 students. Building for a capacity of 500 students aligns with the district standard for elementary schools and will accommodate projected growth.
  • Rather than expand the existing bus parking facility, a new arrangement between the City of Snoqualmie and the School District to share a “satellite lot” will accommodate half the District’s bus fleet and reduce costs by $5.1M. This 2008 proposition includes $1M to equip the satellite lot and regrade/resurface the District’s existing bus parking lot.
  • Reducing the number of modular classroom purchases — from 14 to 12 — to alleviate overcrowding at Mount Si HS, before new construction can be completed. This summer, the district will move one portable (which provides two classrooms) from Chief Kanim MS to Mount Si HS, reducing costs of about $300K. This move is possible due to space that will be created with the opening of Middle School #3 in September.

2008 Bond Fact Sheet

Visit: Facilities Task Force Sharepoint: for more information.