Estacada board approves K–2/3–4/5–6/7–12 reconfiguration to begin 2026–27

The Estacada School District board of directors on May 14 approved a districtwide reconfiguration that will make schools K–2, 3–4, 5–6 and move seventh and eighth graders into Estacada High School beginning in the 2026–27 school year.

The change, approved by voice vote after a motion by Vice Chair Bridal, is intended to address immediate building capacity issues the district says cannot be solved without a construction bond. Communications director Jennifer Berman, who led the district's growth-and-capacity committee, summarized the committee's recommendation: "The number 1 reconfiguration is a K-two school, a three-four school, a five-six school, seventh and eighth grade moving to the high school, and then 9–12 on the other wing of the building."

The board and superintendent described the action as an interim,…