MUKILTEO – A $97.6 million bond proposal before Mukilteo School District voters would add new classrooms and upgrade existing ones.
Voters will decide Feb. 7.
The bond is one of three measures Mukilteo School District voters will face. Also on the ballot are a maintenance and operation levy and a technology levy that would replace voter-approved measures that are expiring.
On the ballot
Heres a list of projects that are part of the Mukilteo School Districts $97.6 million bond proposal Feb. 7 ballot: * New elementary school in Lake Stickney area, $25.2 million * Maintenance proposals districtwide, $18 million * Remodel Mukilteo Elementary School, $16.4 million * Buy property for future school, $12.4 million * Expand Kamiak High School, $9.4 million * Improve Goodard Stadium at Mariner High School, $4.4 million * Remodel district office building at Explorer Middle School, $3.6 million * Improve music facilities at Harbour Pointe and Olympic View middle schools, $2.6 million * Improve technology, $3 million * Improve Kamiak athletic facilities, $1.6 million |
The bond proposal is aimed at helping the district accommodate enrollment growth while keeping up on existing buildings.
“Part of our aim is taking care of what we already own in the Mukilteo School District,” said Superintendent Marci Larsen.
Cost of the bond in the first year would be 36 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, or $72 annually for a $200,000 home. Taking previous bonds into account, the overall cost for school construction measures would be $2.34 per $1,000 of assessed value, or $468 for a $200,000 home.
The big-ticket item is a new elementary school in the Lake Stickney area, where several housing developments are under construction.
The campus would be on the former Lake Stickney Elementary School site. That school was closed in 2003 because its classrooms and mechanical systems didn’t meet standards. Total cost of the new school would be about $25.2 million.
Remodeling Mukilteo Elementary School would account for $16.4 million. The school would be expanded, classroom space made more flexible and a new multipurpose building would be included.
Kamiak High School would undergo a $9.4 million expansion. Among other things, 12 new classrooms would be added, library and dining space increased and counseling and administrative room added.
The bond would set aside $12.4 million to buy 20 acres for future enrollment growth.
“It will become more and more expensive if we wait,” said Judy Schwab, the school board president.
The bond measure requires a 60 percent supermajority.
The last bond measure to pass – a $48 million package – was in 2000. The largest projects were two additions at Mariner High School and construction of Odyssey Elementary School.
Reporter Eric Stevick: 425-339-3446 or stevick@heraldnet.com.
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