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You Are In: School Bond and Levies
Defining Educational Specifications
In preparation for developing a plan to renovate Vashon Island High School, Integrus (the architect) is working with a design team made up of staff, professional experts and community members in a series of meetings spanning from March through June. As these meetings happen, we will add agendas and meeting minutes to the School Bonds and Levy Web page:
VHS Design Goals_Draft
Schedule of Activities
Design Team Meeting Minutes_April 28th
Design Team Meeting Minutes_April 14th
Design Team Meeting Minutes_March 30th
Kickoff Session with Design Team_March 18th
Design Team Meeting Minutes_May 12th
Design Team Meeting Minutes_May 26th
Integrus Will Lead High School Design Process
Vashon Island School District, with the help of an advisory committee of Island educators, architects and public servants, has chosen Integrus Architecture to design the remodel of Vashon Island High School (VHS) and renovate other district facilities. The selection process began with seven firms and ended with Integrus as the final choice.
Phase 1 of the master plan —estimated to cost $47.7 million— will go to voters for approval in November 2010.
Over the next three months, Integrus will work with VISD staff, as well as community members, to develop a set of educational specifications to support the district’s vision for academic and extracurricular programs as articulated in the strategic plan.
This process helps ensure that the plans for the renovation and modernization of the high school will:
• Enhance learning
• Support teaching,
• Provide spaces for a wide range of community activities
• Improve operational efficiencies.
Developing the education specifications before, as opposed to after, the bond goes to voters, will allow the district to begin construction as early as June of 2012 and conclude in 2014. The early construction start is estimated to save approximately $1.6 million in anticipated construction cost escalation. Phase 1 of the master plan will include:
• A new classroom building at Vashon Island High School (VHS);
• Renovations to VHS Building A, which currently houses the library, theater, cafeteria, school administration offices, and classrooms;
• Renovations to McMurray, Chautauqua and the district office;
The school board is also committed to proposing Phase II of the master plan , which would include a renovation to the high-school gym, in three to five years. Click here for a
timelineof the process from March through November 2010.
Master Plan for a $47.7 Million Bond
In November 2010, the school board will ask voters to approve a $47.7 million school bond to finance the first phase of a long-term facilities plan, including:
⇒A new classroom building at Vashon Island High School (VHS);
⇒Renovations to VHS Building A, which currently houses the library, theater, cafeteria, school administration offices, and classrooms;
⇒Renovations to McMurray, Chautauqua and the district office;
⇒A $2 million reserve for replacing the heating and ventilation system in the current VHS gym, if it breaks down in the next three to five years.
Construction could begin as early June of 2012 and conclude in 2014. The school board is also committed to proposing a second phase, which would include a renovation to the high-school gym, in three to five years. Please refer to the following documents for more information about the master plan:
1.0 Executive Summary
2.0 Condition Analysis
3.0 District Mission, Objectives & Educational Vision
4.0 Master Plan Scope, Costs & Timelines
5.0 Enrollment Study, Capacity & Utilization
Appendix 6a: 2009 Cost Estimate
Appendix 6b:Tax Implication Graphs
Appendix 6c: Enrollment Projection Summary
Appendix 6d: Non-resident Student Enrollment
2009 Capital Levy To Fund Technology and Preventive Maintenance/ Major Repairs
VISD will use funds from the November 2009 technology and capital maintenance levy—$900,000 annually from 2010-2012—to fulfill the following plans:
⇒preventive maintenance and major repairs
⇒instructional and operational technology.
The 2009 Capital Facilities Proposal
This was the plan put before voters and failed in March 2009. In November 2010, the district will propose a revised capital facilities plan.
