North Bend School District 13 told the board on Oct. 15 it has joined the Oregon Department of Education’s statewide facility assessment program and expects a free, comprehensive five-year capital-improvement plan to identify deferred maintenance and costs.

"This is coming to us for free, which I think is this it's amazing that we're able to get on board with this," the superintendent said, describing the statewide assessment that will produce a transparent list of deferred-maintenance priorities and costs and help the district budget for projects.

The superintendent also reported that the North Bend Middle School control and boiler replacement project has been completed and that the district plans to refurbish the removed boilers for future use at North Bay while it awaits a larger seismic retrofit scheduled for summer 2027 or 2028.

On property matters, the superintendent told the board the district has two parcels under consideration for surplus: the Pacific House (across from the high school) and a 10.1-acre parcel on Viking Lane that the district does not use. He said the district has received an offer from Bonneville Power on the Viking Lane parcel and that declaring the properties surplus allows the district to proceed later with sale or lease negotiations.

The superintendent also raised a possible long-term performing-arts opportunity: an older Port Building that had been used as a church and was offered to the city. He said performing-arts teachers toured the space to help the district determine immediate needs, accessibility upgrades and phased improvements. "Having a place those students really could call their own to perform... would just be something that I see as fantastic," the superintendent said.

Board action: the consent agenda, which included the personal property surplus list and the specific parcels cited as surplus to school purposes, was approved on a motion and passed by a 7-0 vote. The consent motion authorized staff to declare the listed property surplus so the district may later consider sale or lease agreements.

No final decision on the Port Building or the Viking Lane offer was made at the meeting; the superintendent said staff will develop plans and cost estimates before any sale or use decisions are brought to the board.