Bond Project Updates
In 2015, Snoqualmie Valley School District voters approved a $244.4 million bond to improve our schools. We're proud to report on the progress and completion of key projects that were part of that bond—demonstrating our commitment to keeping our promises to our community.
Opstad Elementary Parking Lot: In Progress
Construction is underway on a major traffic safety and parking improvement project at Opstad Elementary School that will create a safer, more efficient campus for students, families, and staff. The project separates family vehicle traffic from school buses with a new dedicated entrance and redesigned circulation, improving safety during arrival and dismissal. Additional enhancements include expanded parking for families and community events, a new pedestrian sidewalk, and improved on-campus traffic flow. Construction is scheduled for completion by the start of the new school year, providing a safer and more welcoming campus for the Opstad community.
Project Highlights
- Budget: $3 million in remaining state construction assistance dollars from the District's 2015 Bond.
- Purpose: Improve student safety, traffic flow, and parking capacity during school arrival, dismissal, and community events.
- Capacity: 51 additional parking stalls.
- Construction Status: In progress. Expected completion Fall 2026.
Earlier Bond-Funded Projects
Mount Si High School: Completed
Our state-of-the-art Mount Si High School opened in the Fall of 2019, with the beautiful Performing Arts Center (PAC) opening in 2021. The new facility accommodates up to 2,300 students, and includes expanded science labs, enhanced performing arts areas, collaboration spaces for teamwork, and specialized Career & Technical Education (CTE) classrooms—all built to modern safety and flood-proof standards. This campus also houses Two Rivers School, our Big Picture high school.
Timber Ridge Elementary: Completed
Timber Ridge Elementary School (TRES), the sixth elementary school in the Snoqualmie Valley School District, opened as planned in 2016. Located along Snoqualmie Parkway, the 71,000 square-foot facility was designed to meet the growing needs of our community and includes 31 classrooms. With nearly 610 students in kindergarten through fifth grades, Timber Ridge Elementary has the second largest enrollment in the district, after Mount Si High School.
Early Learning Center: Completed
The new Snoqualmie Valley School District Early Learning Center, funded through the 2015 bond, opened for the 2025–26 school year following the remodel of the former Two Rivers School building in North Bend. The $5.25 million project expands preschool capacity from five to eight classrooms, serving up to 120 preschool students and 30 children in staff daycare while adding full-day preschool for 4-year-olds. The ELC strengthens early learning services by expanding access to special education preschool, increasing tuition-based preschool opportunities for typically developing children, and providing on-site daycare to support district staff and their families.
Other Improvements: Completed
Our planned capital improvement projects will enhance the safety, security, and longevity of schools across the Snoqualmie Valley School District. Planned investments include safety and security upgrades at every school, expansion of the SES gymnasium, roof replacement and building weatherization projects at multiple elementary schools and SMS, replacement of fire alarm systems at NBES and FCES, and replacement of aging boilers and flooring at multiple schools. The plan also includes the installation of synthetic turf at the CKMS field through a partnership with the Snoqualmie Valley Youth Soccer Association.
Delivering on Promises — and More
Thanks to careful budgeting and strong fiscal oversight, many of our capital projects came in under their original budgets. As a result, we were able to reinvest savings into additional asset preservation and facility improvements across the district.
Notable enhancements include the replacement of HVAC systems at Chief Kanim Middle School and extensive repairs to the school’s exterior stucco, which had been deteriorating. Addressing these issues now prevented what could have been significantly higher costs in the future, had we waited for a future bond cycle.
We also purchased a parcel of land in front of Opstad Elementary School and are currently working to convert that property into a new entrance for cars, along with added parking. By allowing separate access points for buses and cars, this project will greatly improve student safety, reduce traffic congestion, and enhance visibility and accessibility to the school campus.
In addition to careful use of bond dollars, state matching funds and impact fees collected on new residential construction have played a key role in our ability to complete all promised projects—and even expand the scope to include additional improvements not originally identified in the 2015 bond.
Thank you
We are grateful to this community and local voters for your continued support of Snoqualmie Valley students!