School Construction

Thank you voters, for approving our 2020 and 2024 bond measures to replace or renovate a number of our aging neighborhood schools. These are in addition to the 13 schools that were replaced or renovated since 2013 as part of the Neighborhood Schools Improvement Plan.  

Schools included in the 2020 bond and their actual or anticipated opening dates after replacement are: 

•  Hunt Middle School: Opened 2021
•  Downing Elementary:  Opened 2022
•  Skyline Elementary: Opened 2022
•  Fawcett Elementary: Opened 2023
•  Bryant Montessori: Opened 2024
•  Oakland High School: Anticipated opening fall 2025
•  Lowell Elementary: Anticipated opening fall 2026
•  Maritime|253 Skills Center: Anticipated opening fall 2026
•  Whittier Elementary: Anticipated opening fall 2027

Schools and capital projects included for replacement in the 2024 bond and their anticipated opening dates are: 

• Central Kitchen (site TBD): Anticipated opening fall 2027
• IDEA (site TBD): Anticipated opening fall 2028
• DeLong Elementary: Anticipated opening fall 2029
• Point Defiance Elementary: Anticipated opening fall 2030
• Stanley Elementary: Anticipated opening fall 2031
• Whitman Elementary: Anticipated opening fall 2032

The bonds also provide for needed improvements across Tacoma, including replacement of aged and deteriorating roofs; retrofitting buildings for earthquake safety; improvements on playgrounds, playfields and athletic facilities to meet safety standards; Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility improvements; and heating, ventilation and plumbing upgrades for clean air and safe water.

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