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Bond program update: restrooms, Deer Creek infrastructure, field lighting and technology/curriculum spending
Summary
Bond staff told the Tigard-Tualatin board that design and permitting for summer 2026 projects — including vandal-resistant restrooms at Tigard and Tualatin high schools and Deer Creek infrastructure/security upgrades — are within budget and are moving toward bid packages for February with construction targeted for June.
District bond staff reported progress on capital projects and programmatic spending funded by the voter-approved bond. Shawn Christensen presented an update in place of Bond Director Kevin Montague and said the bond team has focused on procedures, staffing and launching summer 2026 projects.
Key capital items scoped and advanced: concrete, vandal-resistant “park-style” restroom buildings planned for Tigard and Tualatin high school fields (six toilets each); design and permitting are underway with a target bid/permit package by February and construction start in June 2026. Deer Creek infrastructure and security upgrades returned estimates that the bond team revised by removing optional scope; the project is now within the bond-approved construction budget and is slated for a February bid/permit package and June construction start (Christensen described the timeline as aggressive but achievable during summer break). Tualatin field lighting has a construction contract in process and the team is targeting a spring-break installation.
Christensen said capital work is only part of the bond program: approximately $20 million is allocated for curriculum and $40 million for technology. Bond funds financed a new K–5 Spanish and English language-arts curriculum (CKLA/Camino) and related staff training; the district also replaced devices at middle schools and provided new Chromebooks for incoming ninth graders (about 950 devices), affecting roughly 4,600 students. The presenter said those purchases are intended to create more collaborative, device-enabled classroom environments and noted additional bond-funded work will be reported at subsequent board meetings.
Trustees asked for confirmation about project timelines and commissioning; Christensen said mechanical and fire-alarm commissioning can extend beyond the summer but that team experience supports meeting the target dates. The board was told a bond oversight committee appointment will be presented after interviews are completed and that more detailed project schedules will appear in future bond updates.
