Estacada board previewed plan to reconfigure schools to address rapid enrollment growth

A community committee convened by district staff recommended a reconfiguration of Estacada School District buildings to address continuing enrollment growth, presenting the board with a preferred plan that would take effect in the 2026–27 school year.

The committee’s top recommendation would create K–2 primary schools (with River Mill proposed for K–2), a 3–4 campus at Clackamas River, a 5–6 campus in the current middle school, and move 7–8 graders into a separated wing of the high school while leaving grades 9–12 at the high school. Jennifer Rumer, a district staff member who led the committee, told the board, “We are recommending our No. 1 pick is a K–2 configuration… River Mill being the K–2. Clackamas River being a 3–4 campus. The current middle school would be a 5–6 campus. The seventh and eighth graders would move over to the high school.”

The recommendation grew from three committee meetings involving people from across the community: 24 people signed up…