Design Teams Present Bid Package 3 for High‑School Renovation; Focus on Performing Arts, Accessibility and Gym Areas

Sept. 9, 2025 — Design teams for the North Bend High School renovation presented detailed plans for bid package 3 at the district’s work session, outlining a performing‑arts addition, an auditorium facelift, changes to J Pod to house a new fitness center, accessibility upgrades and expanded student involvement in the multi‑phase project.

Project manager Eric Weiss of Schrader Group Architecture told the board that bid package 1 is under construction, bid package 2 will start construction soon, and bid package 3 is “the final of the building related bid packages,” with bid package 4 covering remaining site items. “This addition… provides some modernized spaces for the performing arts programs” and creates circulation that the team expects will relieve congestion elsewhere in the building, Weiss said.

Key elements in the bid‑package 3 plans include: - A new F‑Pod…