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Washington Unified staff present Prop 2 facilities update; trustees ask about deferred maintenance and joint-use costs
Summary
Chief business and facilities staff described a supplemental facilities master plan required for Prop 2 funding, outlined district inventory, deferred-maintenance priorities and timelines for site assessments, and said Phase 2 would include community engagement with an informational report in September and action in October.
Monique Stovall introduced a statutorily required supplemental update to Washington Unified’s facilities master plan, saying the update documents facility square footage, portable-building ages, five-year enrollment projections and a deferred-maintenance plan needed for Prop 2 eligibility.
Facilities director Daniel Gondra said Studio w Architects conducted the update and that the supplemental report captures site utilization and projected enrollment through 2031, noting an expected elementary decline and a high-school capacity approaching about 97% by 2031. He walked trustees through the deferred-maintenance prioritization process (safety, age, funding) and described how projects above $220,000 require a formal bidding process; he gave examples such as Bridgeway Island hard-court replacement and high-school tennis-court work and said those projects could cost in the range of $1.5 million.
Trustees asked about the district’s joint-use agreement with the city for athletic-site projects; staff said the arrangement is typically a 50/50 split and that the district initially pays and then bills the city. Board members also asked whether Fund 14 (deferred-maintenance fund) has a minimum balance; staff said there is no statutory minimum and recommended maintaining Fund 14 to preserve eligibility for state funding and reimbursements via the State Allocation Board. Staff outlined a Phase 2 timeline that includes site assessments beginning in March, community visioning meetings in late spring and an informational board presentation in September followed by an October action item.
What’s next: Staff will proceed with community engagement and site assessments and return to trustees with a Phase 2 timeline and funding scenarios ahead of the September informational item.
