FORKS — The Quillayute Valley School Board is expected to award a contract today for the construction of new portions of Forks High School.
The board will consider awarding the contract for the school at 261 S. Spartan Ave., at 4 p.m. in its board room at 390 S. Forks Ave.
Bids were opened Monday. School district officials and experts at BLRB Architects, who have are overseeing the process, have been totaling the bids, said Superintendent Diana Reaume.
Those bidding on the project were asked to look at several alternatives — the biggest one including whether or not to preserve the facade from the 1925 building, which was demolished in June.
If the bids preserving the facade are not too high, the board will consider keeping it as a standalone structure as a memory of the old school, Reaume has said.
Presenting that alternative in the bidding process was a campaign issue when school district voters approved an $11 million construction bond in February.
The district also received about $7 million in state funding.
The 1925 portion of the building was “decommissioned” about two years ago.
A couple of classrooms and the school office were moved into the building annex temporarily until the new structure is in place.
Students are attending classes in the 1963 portion of the building and the newer portions built in the 2000.
The 1963 building, which houses six classrooms and the school library, eventually will be demolished once the new portions of the high school are built.
The portions of the building from 2000 will be incorporated into the new school building.
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