Bond 2025
Election Date: February 11, 2025
A Community-Driven Plan
Reduced Previous Bond Total by 63%
No Change to Combined Tax Rate
Ensure Safe & Secure Schools
Ease High School Overcrowding
Provides Financial Oversight & Transparency
This new $231.6 million bond proposal, including principal and interest, is a 63% reduction from the November 2024 measure and will be paid off within 11 years. The bond package reflects voter feedback and prioritizes the district’s most urgent needs. If approved, the bond will:
- Alleviate overcrowding by constructing a shovel-ready, previously voter-approved new high school.
- Maintain the projected combined tax rate at $3.09 per $1,000 of assessed property value.
- Enhance safety with updated fire systems, high school vestibules, improved security systems and strengthened entry access at all school.
- Be monitored by the Capital Projects Oversight Committee, which will review project and financial progress and report back to the community.
Projects by Location
Please click the button below to view the proposed bond related projects and associated costs by location.
Safety &
Security: $39,900,000
- Fire systems: $15.3 million.
- Replace approximately 1,600 outdated security cameras and expand system districtwide: $8.4 million.
- Security vestibules at Issaquah High, Liberty High, Skyline High: $7.6 million.
- Hardware and access control: $3.9 million
- Secure building access: $2.2 million
- Install anti-intruder window coverings: $1.7 million
- Improve perimeter security, including driveway gates and additional fencing, where needed: $400,000
- Exterior Enhancements: $400,000.
High School Capacity: $191,700,000
- Remaining funding needed to build the New High School to reduce overcrowding, improve student learning experiences and support mental health and well-being: $138.7 million.
- Part of the New High School Project includes improving 228th Avenue Southeast with the extension of two existing lanes, addition of two left turn lanes and sidewalks.
- The New High School is shovel-ready, with permits that are set to expire in April.
- Liberty High School 20,000-square-foot addition; Liberty High School 5,000-square-foot remodel: $53 million.
High School Overcrowding
Our high schools have upheld academic excellence, but overcrowding creates challenges. With current enrollment and future years projected to exceed capacity, space limitations impact safety, support and personalization.
Our three comprehensive high schools each have student enrollment that is above permanent capacity. Issaquah High School is 10% above permanent capacity. Liberty High School is 15% above permanent capacity. Skyline High School is 27% above permanent capacity.
Enrollment projections below are sourced from the Capital Facilities Plan that was adopted by the school board on June 13, 2024.
Opportunities to Engage and Ask Questions
| Meeting | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Community Meeting | 6-7 p.m., January 21, 2025 |
Funding Our Schools Forum: A Community Conversation on Budgeting, Capital Projects and Oversight
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| School Board Town Hall | 7-8:30 p.m., January 23, 2025 |
This is a hybrid Town Hall. Please join us:
We will share the presentation here once it is available. If attending virtually please use this Zoom link. |