Pasco School District staff preview 12-year facilities plan, offer $150M and $200M bond scenarios

Pasco School District staff on Aug. 25 reviewed a draft 12‑year long‑term facilities management plan that lays out two “springboard” bond packages — roughly $150 million and $200 million — and detailed how building condition scores, enrollment forecasts and state matching rules could shape future projects. Jake Stickel, a facilities staff member leading the presentation, told the board, “you are looking to make a decision at some point in time this fall, maybe early winter, determining the road map for the next 4 bond cycles,” and that no formal action was requested at the study session.

The presentation matters because the plan sets priorities for replacing and modernizing aging schools, estimates the district’s likely tax impact from bonds, and guides staff work on site design, boundary changes and state grant applications. Stickel said the technical team prepared two scenarios intended to keep the district’s bond program roughly flat for taxpayers while addressing the schools most in need.

Staff described three data inputs that drive prioritization: building condition scores produced by an outside assessor, enrollment projections from Eastern Washington University, and stakeholder feedback collected by the district. Stickel said the district used Design West (an OSPI‑associated consultant) condition assessments that score a building and its site on scales that combine to a maximum 200 points. He noted examples such as James McGee…