Facilities Projects

Please click here to view an update from Superintendent Dr. Greg Baker on the next steps in response to the Springboard Facilities Proposal that was shared publicly in November 2010 to gather input on both short-term and long-range facility needs. 

Thank you to voters who approved a 2006 bond to fund several capital projects, including these:

• New Shuksan Middle School, opened fall 2009
• Seismic work for earthquake safety at Columbia, Larrabee, and Lowell elementary schools, completed
• Seismic work for earthquake safety at Bellingham Public Schools District Office, on hold in exchange for modernizing Birchwood Elementary School
• Cordata Elementary School, opened fall 2011
• Property purchase for future elementary school in Sudden Valley, on hold pending new development regulations
• General ongoing facilities improvements, in progress

Funding for school construction, facility improvements, and property purchases comes from a capital projects funds.  This is separate from the district's general fund and by law, cannot be used for day-to-day operations or to address budget shortfalls.  Funding for staffing to operate schools comes from the district's general fund.