District staff reaffirm top CFAC priorities — North Bend, Fall City elementaries and new Snoqualmie Middle — and outline $425M estimate, tax impact and timeline

Snoqualmie Valley School District staff and consultants reviewed the capital facilities advisory committee (CFAC) recommendations and provided updated cost, schedule and maintenance information to the school board on Jan. 23.

What the board heard - CFAC prioritization: staff reiterated the committee’s earlier recommendation that the district’s first phase focus on three projects: replace North Bend Elementary (site in a floodway requires an elevated rebuild), replace Fall City Elementary (septic and site constraints) and build a new Snoqualmie Middle School on Snoqualmie Ridge to serve Timber Ridge and Cascade View feeders. - Cost estimates: preliminary, planning‑level estimates presented to the board put an elementary rebuild in the planning window at about $105 million and a middle school at about $200 million; a package of two elementaries plus a middle school was presented at roughly $425 million (planning estimate, subject to design-level refinement and escalation). These figures represent midpoint bid timing assumptions and…