The Highline Public Schools Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC) prioritized a list of facility concerns during a meeting on March 9.
During the meeting, committee members reviewed two lists of capital concerns. The first list was projects related to school capacity and building condition. The second list was improvements needed in operational and support facilities. Working in small groups, committee members ranked the capital problems on the two lists in order of priority.
Capacity and Condition Priority List:
- Elementary capacity
- Des Moines Elementary
3/4/5. Middle school capacity (tie)
3/4/5. Highline High School
3/4/5. Southern Heights Elementary
- Evergreen High School
- Pacific Middle School
- Tyee High School
- Chinook Middle School
- Cascade Middle School
- Sylvester Middle School
12/13. Manhattan/Big Picture School (tie)
12/13. Seahurst Elementary
Operational and Support Problems Priorities List
- Aging technology and devices
- School security/manual door locks
3/4. Need for direct emergency communication with city, police and fire (tie)
3/4. Need to house students during remodel or construction
5/6. Obsolete or non-existent video surveillance (tie)
5/6. Transportation building condition
- Need for production kitchen for school meals
- Need for dry and cold food storage facility
- Undersize kitchen at Sylvester Middle School
- Need for large training/meeting space for staff
- Synthetic turf field at Evergreen
Committee members asked whether Evergreen and Tyee campuses would house small schools or comprehensive high schools in the future. Two separate community committees are currently meeting to discuss future educational programs at Tyee and Evergreen campuses. Their recommendations will be presented to the school board in June, at about the same time as the CFAC recommendations are made. Executive Director of Capital Projects Scott Hodgins noted that there is a minimal cost difference between building a comprehensive high school and building small schools on a campus.
Read a synopsis of the presentations, review supporting documents, and listen to a complete audio recording of the March 9 meeting online.
CFAC is composed of 40 members and is charged with developing a long-term facilities plan for Highline Public Schools, including a future bond measure.
Fifteen committee members were appointed by community organizations, employee associations, and local government leaders. Twenty-five at-large members were chosen by lottery from a pool of over 70 community members who volunteered to serve.
Read a synopsis of all previous CFAC meetings, see a list of committee members, and read more about the committee charge by visiting the CFAC web section.
The next CFAC meeting is scheduled for April 13.