Proposed Improvements
The proposed school bond would provide money to make several important safety and
structural improvements to our school buildings.
Anacortes High School
Restore/Improve Building Structure
- Reconstruct areas with flat/near flat roofs and replace roofing that is beyond its
useful life
- Correct structural support for building additions that are settling away from one
another
- Improve quality of classrooms with additional power outlets, better lighting, more
space
- Eliminate high cost of maintaining obsolete equipment
- Replace corroded plumbing and inadequate electrical services
- Address drainage onsite that causes water to flow into ventilation system
Increase student/visitor safety
- Improve control of entries and exits, to keep our students in and intruders out
- Fix issues of narrow hallways -- doors that swing into student traffic and are difficult
for teachers to close without being exposed in a lock down
- Improve ability for the building to withstand earthquakes without the failures we
experienced here after the Nisqually quake
- Improve evening use safety with better lighting for exterior walkways and parking
lots
- Provide safer solution for student pickup and drop-off areas
- Increase on-site parking for daytime and evening use
- Move bus loading zones onsite from neighborhood streets
- Replace antiquated electrical system
Improve the educational environment
- Reconfigure small classrooms and address those which have antiquated lighting and
power
- Increase quality of science labs
- Expand small library with its limited space for books
- Address issues in technology shop classes that must restrict enrollment due to safety
concerns
- Expand crowded cafeteria which must also serve as a student commons
- Provide additional restrooms needed for student and visitor use
Restore and improve outdoor spaces
- Replace bleachers (visitors side already condemned) at War Memorial Field
- Replace War Memorial Field grass with synthetic turf to allow year round use (both
school and community programs) and greatly reduce maintenance costs
- Complete Rice Field facilities begun with volunteer efforts
Mount Erie Elementary School
Restore/Improve Building Structure
- Correct onsite drainage off hillside into building and parking lot
- Eliminate frequent water outages by replacing water main into building
Increase student/visitor safety
- Improve evening use safety by increasing illumination on exterior walkways and parking
lots
- Reconfigure parking lots to improve student safety when entering/leaving building
- Increase on-site parking for daytime and evening use
Improve the educational environment
- Add a gym to restore cafeteria/multipurpose room use as intended
- Relocate cramped computer lab to allow teacher to move around classroom
Anacortes School District Maintenance Facility
Restore/Improve Building Structure
- Reconstruct building that is beyond its useful life
- Add coverage areas to protect equipment from adverse weather, preventing rust damage