Sequim school tours start today

District seeks input about next construction bond proposal

The Sequim School District hosts four public forums/walking tours asking for feedback regarding school construction bond projects.

The forums start at Sequim High School science building B-3 and includes a tour of the school district’s base kitchen and Olympic Peninsula Academy classrooms.

A district van is available for those who may need assistance getting from one tour site to another.

• 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., today, Wednesday, Nov. 5

• 3 p.m., Monday, Nov. 10

• 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 13

School board members want to further refine what community members would vote for as they seek to replacing aging buildings and prepare for larger kindergarten classes.

The board affirmed in October its next school bond proposal, one that could come as early as February 2015, will include purchasing land and building a new elementary school, adding classrooms and other structures at Greywolf Elementary School, adding six science classrooms at Sequim High School and tearing down an unused portion of the Sequim Community School.

A secondary list that Sequim schools superintendent Kelly Shea asked board members to consider — one that would modernize the district’s base kitchen, retrofit some of Sequim High’s antiquated science classrooms, refurbish two buildings at Helen Haller and transform part of the community school into a maintenance shop — are getting closer scrutiny. Those projects would add about $6.5 million to a bond proposal.

Shea said his goal is to have information — including public comments from the public forums — to board members by their Nov. 17 meeting. For more information, call 582-3260.