SEQUIM — A guided walking tour is planned at 10 a.m. Saturday of Sequim School District facilities that would be affected if voters approve a $54 million construction bond in February.
The date for this coming Saturday was added Wednesday.
Another tour is set for 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6.
Each tour will begin in the boardroom, located at 503 N. Sequim Ave.
The tours will include Sequim High School, the district’s base kitchen and Helen Haller Elementary. They are expected to take less than 90 minutes.
If approved Feb. 9, the bond would be used to renovate and expand Greywolf Elementary, build a new school, renovate Helen Haller to house Olympic Peninsula Academy — for alternative education — renovate and expand Sequim High, demolish a Sequim Community School building and upgrade the district kitchen and maintenance facility.
The bond also would fund a new science wing of six laboratory classrooms at Sequim High and add band, orchestra and choir rooms to the performing arts wing.
This will be the fourth attempt by the district to pass a construction bond, which requires 60 percent supermajority for passage.
A $49.3 million measure appearing on the Nov. 3 ballot failed by 54 votes — 0.45 percentage points short of a 60 percent supermajority.
A $49.2 million bond proposal on last February’s ballot received 6,691 yes votes to 5,026 no votes, or 57.11 percent to 42.89 percent.
Voters defeated a $154 million measure by a 56 percent-44 percent margin in April 2014.
For more information, contact Patsene Dashiell, director of communications, at 360-582-3264.
