NEW — 11:12 a.m. Oct. 1, 2015
The Lake Washington School District’s Long-Term Facilities Task Force has been studying the district’s overcrowding population since December. A smaller working subcommittee of the task force examined the details of the district’s overall needs, use of space, funding for school buildings, ways to reduce costs and other issues. The task force also reached out to the broader community through surveys and open houses for input on their work.
They have now developed a set of draft recommendations and are asking for feedback from the community. The recommendations address classroom capacity issues, cost reduction, efficient use of space and other issues. They also recommend specific projects to be undertaken in the future. Some of the major recommendations concern capacity, aging facilities and funding.
An online open house at http://lwsd-facilitiesplanning.publicmeeting.info provides information on all of the draft recommendations. A survey on that site is open through Oct. 11. Community members can also participate in-person at a Task Force Town Hall from 6-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at Rose Hill Middle School.
The task force will review the input collected through these different methods, then meet to determine revisions needed in the recommendations. They plan to share the final recommendations with the school board in November.
