Background Information

Spring 2007
Mike Nelson and Tim Madden (former Director of Business and Operations) met with all staff members in their building and facilitated community meetings at each school sited seeking initial input of facility needs.

Courier-Herald Article: District seeks information about facilities

Summer 2007
A committee of staff, board members and community selected Mahlum Architects to take the information gathered from spring meetings to create an Enumclaw School District Study and Survey. Our school district was given a grant from the state of Washington to pay for a new study and survey.

Courier-Herald Article: Board members adopt budget, select an architect

Fall 2007/Winter 2008
The Enumclaw School District staff made several reports to the Board of Directors with the support of Mahlum Architects regarding facility needs and costs. Facility items deemed as a priority began to emerge.

An outside audit of our technology department was conducted by the Puget Sound Educational Service District

Board Minutes	Courier Herald
Board of Directors Minutes: October 1, 2007	Courier-Herald Article: October 17, 2007 - School district seeking input
Board of Directors Minutes: October 15, 2007, page 5-6	Courier-Herald Article: January 9, 2008 - Monday meeting to narrow focus for coming bond
Board of Directors Minutes: November 5, 2007	Courier-Herald Article: January 23, 2008 - Roofing Priority for Enumclaw board
Board of Directors Minutes: November 19, 2007, page 8
Board of Directors Minutes: December 17, 2007, page 5
Board of Directors Minutes: January 14, 2008
Board of Directors Minutes: March 3, 2008

Fall 2008
Because of the economic climate, the Board of Directors shifted their conversation from running a comprehensive bond to address many of the facility needs to running a four-year levy to address critical facility issues and technology.

Board Minutes	Courier Herald	Sunday Evening News	Other Sources
Board of Directors Minutes: September 29, 2008	Courier-Herald Article: October 8, 2008 - School board talks technology levy	Sunday Evening News (pdf): October 12, 2008	Power Point (97-2003 presentation): October 20, 2008 - board meeting
Board of Directors Minutes: October 20, 2008, page 4	Courier-Herald Article: October 29, 2008 - Board continues technology levy debate	Sunday Evening News (pdf): November 9, 2008