With the anticipated opening of the new Lexington Elementary and subsequent closing of Beacon Hill and Catlin Elementaries, Kelso School District is reviewing proposed boundary ch...
FORMA Construction has been busy out at the Lexington site. They’ve been excavating existing soil; bringing in, grading and compacting gravel; and installing aggregate piers to st...
As construction on the new state-of-the-art Lexington Elementary School building begins, we’re looking to students and staff to help construct the school’s personality. The distri...
The rain stopped just long enough for us to commemorate the groundbreaking of our new Lexington Elementary with a true Northwest sky backdrop.
Families walked, drove and ro...
After more than a year of planning, construction on the new Lexington Elementary School is beginning. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held on Wednesday, September 18th where the...
A team of folks from our district, FORMA Construction and ESD 112’s Construction Services Group (CSG) went door knocking in Lexington today to inform neighbors about the start of ...
We’re making progress in all six of our bond priorities. Lots of construction will be happening this summer.
CONSTRUCTION: 6 PRIORTIES
Safety & Security
Collins Ar...
After reviewing community, staff and student input, the Kelso School Board announced the name and mascot of the new elementary school being built in the Lexington neighborhood at ...
Wonder what your new schools will look like? Join us for a virtual tour and see the blueprints come to life.
Lead architects from Integrus Architecture will lead the tour, show...
At this time last year, Kelso citizens overwhelmingly voted to approve a construction bond and educational levy to improve the learning experience for our students. We are so tha...
Last week, a small team traveled to Tahoma School District for a tour of Lake Wilderness Elementary School. The school has 940 students — 800 K-5 and 140 pre-K. The team was there...
After realizing we needed to make some changes to our construction plans, we started asking for input from our Kelso community. So far, we’ve held a public hearing, an open house,...
We’re holding a public hearing and two open houses to invite the community to share their thoughts on a proposed change in construction plans for replacing aging elementary school...
Due to a combination of unanticipated conditions that are causing costs to be higher than originally predicted, we’re considering combining two of the three new elementary scho...
Painting a room seems pretty simple, and with the right tools doesn’t take very long. But before the brushes and rollers come out, there’s a lot of critical prep work that needs t...
As we begin the design work for our three new schools, and all the work we’re doing to improve the learning environments for our children, we’ve created some guiding principles to...
We’re designing our three new elementary schools (replacing Beacon Hill, Catlin and Wallace) and would love to share the progress we’ve made so far and get your input. We welcome ...
In April, we began the search for an architectural and engineering team to design our three new elementary schools for Beacon Hill, Wallace, and the new school in Lexington. Afte...
On April 26th, we sold $65,000,000 in bonds as part of the $96.6 million capital improvement bond approved by voters (thank you!) on February 13th in the 2018 special election. Th...