2022 Capital Projects

The aging playground equipment at the eight schools listed below will be replaced. Replacing the old equipment improves equity by providing playground equipment meeting the district’s new standards. These schools will all be provided the same amount and type of equipment.

• Silver Lake Elementary - completed
• Madison Elementary
• Penny Creek Elementary - completed
• Garfield Elementary - completed
• Jackson Elementary
• Lowell Elementary
• Mill Creek Elementary - completed
• Emerson Elementary - completed

Old and worn out roofing systems will be replaced at the six schools listed below. This project includes the tear-off of old roofing material and installation of new roofing shingles, self-adhered roofing underlayment, a second layer of underlayment, flashing, sheet metal and gutters. This provides enhanced protection from moisture intrusion problems in these facilities.

• Penny Creek Elementary - completed
• Cascade High School building 2
• Jackson High School
• North Transportation Facility - completed
• Covered play sheds at Mill Creek Elementary
• Covered play sheds at Silver Firs Elementary

Completed - This project includes the conversion of two general ed classrooms and associated equipment for the creation of a new STEM career pathway program.

HVAC control systems will be replaced at the locations listed below. This project will provide new control systems for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems to replace obsolete equipment and systems and allow more efficient and predictable environmental conditions in these facilities.

• Penny Creek Elementary - completed
• Silver Lake Elementary
• Eisenhower Elementary
• Maintenance and Grounds facility

The flooring at Silver Firs Elementary School and Emerson Elementary will be replaced including demolition, preparation of the subfloor, new carpet, hard surface flooring, and wall base. This project does not include new flooring in the gymnasiums because they are still in relatively good condition.

Completed - Install new security fencing at various locations on the Cascade High School campus and between the Everett High School main building and Little Theater. These fencing projects will restrict unauthorized access to certain portions of these sites and thereby increase safety and security.

The after hours intrusion detection security systems will be updated at the locations listed below. These projects will increase safety and security at these eleven sites by replacing old and worn out door sensors and microphone-based interior building security sensors.

• Everett High School
• Cascade High School
• Jackson High School
• Gateway Middle School
• Heatherwood Middle School
• Eisenhower Middle School
• Madison Elementary School
• Cedarwood Elementary School
• Hawthorne Elementary School
• Jackson Elementary School
• Memorial Stadium

Completed - New access control systems will be installed at Everett High School and Cascade High School, including video monitors at main entrances and access control systems at the exterior doors at each campus building. These projects will increase safety and security at these two schools by providing greater control of visitor access during the school day and will provide access control systems at these two large high schools similar to systems already installed at other schools in the district.

Interior door locksets will be replaced and all doors at all schools will be re-keyed, with the exception of North Middle School, Woodside Elementary School, and Tambark Creek Elementary School since locksets at these schools were already upgraded as part of the 2016 bond program. This project builds on previously installed access control systems to further simplify and update keying systems and improve control of access to our school sites. Interior classroom doors will be lockable from the inside of a classroom without the use of a key.

The fire alarm panels will be replaced and new voice activation systems installed at the schools listed below. This project replaces old fire alarm systems with new systems that are more reliable and easier to maintain and buy parts for. The current systems are at the end of their useful lives.

• Everett High Science Building
• Mill Creek Elementary School
• Silver Firs Elementary 

New electronic reader boards will be installed at the 19 schools listed below. The new reader boards will be digital reader boards connected to a district network allowing more timely and responsive communications with our students, staff, and community. This project would also improve equity across the district by providing new reader boards in schools that either do not have reader boards or have older style reader boards in poor condition.

• Cedar Wood Elementary School
• Emerson Elementary School
• Forest View Elementary School
• Garfield Elementary School
• Jackson Elementary School
• Jefferson Elementary School
• Lowell Elementary School
• Madison Elementary School
• Mill Creek Elementary School
• View Ridge Elementary School
• Whittier Elementary School - completed
• Woodside Elementary School
• Eisenhower Middle School
• Evergreen Middle School
• Gateway Middle School
• North Middle School
• Everett High School
• Jackson High School
• Sequoia High School

New walk-in freezers and coolers will be installed at Jackson High School and Hawthorne Elementary School. These coolers and freezers at the end of their useful lives and need to be replaced.

New motorized bleachers will be installed at Jackson High School cafeteria and Cascade High School gymnasium. The bleachers are at the end of their useful lives, are difficult to get replacement parts, and need to be replaced.

To comply with the Clean Buildings Act, a law that was passed by the state legislature in 2019, work will likely include the following:

• Replacement of the entire heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system at Jackson High School, Evergreen Middle School, and Heatherwood Middle School.
• Various selected upgrades to the HVAC systems including boilers, pump, hydronic piping, air handlers, valves, and HVAC controls system at Sequoia High School and Gateway Middle School

Due to the size and scope of the project, the project will be phased, with work beginning in 2023. Additional work that may be necessary to comply with this new law may include the addition of electrical sub-metering and building envelope upgrades, such as adding insulation.