Washington By The Numbers
- Building Square Footage: 100,000 ft2
- Number of Teaching Spaces: 68
The majority of the referendum work for Washington was completed during the 2025-2026 school year and covered significant upgrades in Health, Safety, and Security; Mechanical and Infrastructure; and Classroom Improvements.
Below is a list of completed projects and our plan to maintain these systems while addressing any items we could not fund with the referendum.
Health, Safety, and Security
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Abatement of hazardous materials.
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Replaced room signage.
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Replaced classroom doors and hardware.
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Replaced interior auxiliary doors, frames, and hardware. Some of the non-classroom doors inside still need to be replaced.
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Replaced most of the interior corridor (hallway) doors.
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Installed emergency battery units in windowless rooms with student use.
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Replaced fire alarm devices.
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Replaced chain-link fencing.
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Replaced exit signs.
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Added smoke detectors in new spaces.
Mechanical and Infrastructure Improvements
- Replaced lockers.
- Replaced exterior light fixtures.
- Replaced flooring and carpet.
- Replaced florescent lights throughout the building with LED lights.
- Replaced the North playground equipment and surface.
- Replaced the South playground surface.
- Retrofit classroom faucets with hands-free.
- Replaced classroom sinks and retrofitted faucets to be hands-free.
- Replaced galvanized piping in the walls.
- Replaced sinks in the restrooms.
- Retrofitted faucets in restrooms with hands free.
- Replaced urinals.
- Replaced toilets.
- Replaced ceiling tile.
- Repainted the building as needed.
Classroom Renovations
- Replaced countertops.
- Replaced casework and cubbies.
- Created a Structured Learning Community (SLC) classroom suite.
Following the support of our referendum, we are fulfilling our commitment to long-term fiscal responsibility by reevaluating our 30-year facility roadmap. We have partnered with McKinstry, a leading strategic facility planning partner, to perform independent, third-party engineering assessments of our building systems. This partnership provides the District with a live system for tracking asset health and remaining life, allowing us to stay ahead of repairs and protect the community's investment in our schools for decades to come.
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Field Engineering
June 2026
McKinstry engineers begin a comprehensive physical assessment of all eight District schools to catalog every major building system (HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and roofing).
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immediate tracking
Summer 2026
New equipment installed during recent construction projects is added to our 30-year roadmap to ensure we are tracking its health from day one.
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Financial Modeling
Fall 2026
Field data is analyzed to determine the observed remaining life of our assets.
This phase involves building a customized financial dashboard to predict repair costs and prioritize work based on educational impact.
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Plan Finalized
Fall 2026/Winter 2027
The Board of Education will review the final report and refined 30-year plan.
This data-driven roadmap will be used to guide all future capital budget decisions.
Once the McKinstry study is finished, we will add the projects that were not included in the referendum here.
Washington's Construction Budget
| Total construction budget | toTal Cost Via Bid |
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| $8,121,143 | *$6,396,044 |
*For the purpose of this illustration, we have combined all the work being funded by the Referendum and our Capital Fund 60. This amount also includes the playgrounds.
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