New High School

Bond Updates

August 2019:

• Site work is underway on Bend-La Pine Schools’ newest high school, with contractors beginning to prepare the foundation for the building in southeast Bend. A ground breaking for the new school will take place 1 p.m. Sept. 19 and members of the community are invited. Construction is starting on off site work and street improvements, including building a roundabout at Knott and SE 15th Street.

June 2019

• The intent is to award the contract for building construction to Kirby Nagelhout subject to school board approval, at the June 25 board meeting. Construction is slated to begin in July. Construction to prep the building pad has begun. Off site work is slated to begin later this summer and will include building a roundabout at Knott and SE 15th Street, creating a collector road connecting Brosterhaus and SE 15th Street, constructing a local access road, and constructing multi-use paths surrounding the perimeter of the site and connecting to Alpenglow Park and SE 15th Street.

March 2019

• Early bid packages for site prep work and off site work are due April 2 and the Board of Directors is slated to review the bids April 9. The offsite work will include building a roundabout at Knott and SE 15th Street, creating a collector road connecting Brosterhaus and SE 15th Street, constructing a local access road, and constructing multi-use paths surrounding the perimeter of the site and connecting to Alpenglow Park and SE 15th Street. Building construction is slated to begin in July after a general contractor is selected in June.

February 2019

• Irrigation work is slated to begin in February. Building construction is slated to begin in July after a general contractor is selected in June

October 2018

• The high school is slated to include:
  • Two stories
  • CTE classrooms - five on ground floor
  • 600-seat auditorium
  • Two gyms
  • Commons/cafeteria "main street"
  • Two secure main entries
  • Media center to serve as the focal point of the school
  • Collaboration space throughout the school
  • Football stadium and other sport fields
  • Built to high energy efficiency standards
  • Approx. 59 classrooms
  • On track to open in the fall of 2021

May 2018

• Architects are conducting a second round of focus groups and are moving deeper into developing the design. The architects have also shared exterior and interior renderings.

January 2018

• BBT Architects conducted two full days of focus groups with more than 100 staff and students to work on the design for the new high school in southeast Bend. The architects are using the feedback to further develop the design.