Bond 2025

Built in 1946, Forest Hills Elementary is one of our oldest elementary schools and is rated in the poorest condition. Given the extent of necessary repairs and improvements, replacing the building is more cost-effective than remodeling. This bond would:

• Construct a new school building for Forest Hills Elementary at its current site
• Support best practices in education
• Implement sustainable and highly efficient building construction and operations
• Construct to immediate occupancy standards to withstand a significant seismic event
• Make right-of-way improvements to the parking lot, sidewalks, and neighborhood traffic patterns

If LOSD voters pass the bond measure in November 2025, construction at Forest Hills would begin in 2026. During construction, the school community would be housed at Uplands and move into the new school in the fall 2028.
 

To ensure our schools remain safe, functional, and well-maintained, this bond would fund repairs or replacements for failing and obsolete systems. For Hallinan, which was built in 1980, this bond would:

Replace failing and obsolete systems

• Heating and cooling systems 
  • Upgrade failing systems and replace broken components
• Interior and exterior surfaces
  • Update and repair the asphalt and concrete parking lot, playground, and sidewalks
  • Repair and replace worn interior and exterior surfaces and finishes throughout the building: flooring, walls, and ceilings 
• Electrical and plumbing systems
  • Repair and replace irrigation system to mitigate water damage
  • Upgrade failing systems and replace broken components
• Security systems
  • Replace obsolete fire alarm system
  • Replacing failing interior and exterior lights with LED lighting
• Outdoor and recreational spaces
  • Replace aging bleacher seating for safety and usability
• Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
  • Kitchen: Upgrade outdated and inefficient units
  • Classrooms: Replace worn furnishings to support modern learning
  • Classrooms: Replace broken and outdated personal devices every student uses for curriculum and instruction

Built in 1949, Lake Grove Elementary is one of our oldest elementary schools and is rated in the poorest condition. Given the extent of necessary repairs and improvements, replacing the building is more cost-effective than remodeling. This bond would:

• Construct a new school building for Lake Grove Elementary at its current site
• Support best practices in education
• Implement sustainable and highly efficient building construction and operations
• Construct to immediate occupancy standards to withstand a significant seismic event
• Make right-of-way improvements to the parking lot, sidewalks, and neighborhood traffic patterns

If LOSD voters pass the bond measure in November 2025, construction at Lake Grove would begin in 2028 (following Forest Hills). During construction, the school community would be housed at Uplands and move into the new school in the fall 2030.

To ensure our schools remain safe, functional, and well-maintained, this bond would fund repairs or replacements for failing and obsolete systems across the district. For Palisades, which was built in 1959, this bond would:

Replace failing and obsolete systems

• Interior and exterior surfaces
  • Replace failing roof on main building (gymnasium roof completed with 2021 bond)
  • Update and repair the asphalt and concrete parking lot, playground, and sidewalks
  • Repair and replace worn interior and exterior surfaces and finishes throughout the building: doors, flooring, walls, and ceilings 
• Electrical and plumbing systems
  • Upgrade failing systems and replace broken components
• Security systems
  • Replace obsolete fire alarm system
• Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
  • Restrooms: Complete replacement of restroom fixtures (phase 1 completed with 2021 bond)
  • Classrooms: Replace broken and outdated personal devices every student uses for curriculum and instruction

Address Essential Capacity Needs

• Add classrooms and repurpose spaces at Palisades to support a fully functioning elementary school.
   

To ensure our schools remain safe, functional, and well-maintained, this bond would fund repairs or replacements for failing and obsolete systems across the district. For Oak Creek, which was built in 1991, this bond would:

Replacing failing and obsolete systems

• Heating and cooling systems 
  • Upgrade failing systems and replace broken components
• Interior and exterior surfaces
  • Update and repair the asphalt and concrete parking lot, playground, and sidewalks
• Electrical and plumbing systems
  • Upgrade failing systems and replace broken components
• Security systems
  • Replace obsolete fire alarm system
  • Replace interior and exterior lighting with energy-efficient LED
  • Add exterior fencing and landscaping
• Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
  • Classrooms: Replace worn furnishings to support modern learning
  • Classrooms: Replace broken and outdated personal devices every student uses for curriculum and instruction
     

For River Grove, which was replaced in 2025, this bond would:

• Fix broken components to protect investment of new buildings
• Replace broken and outdated personal devices every student uses for curriculum and instruction
   

To ensure our schools remain safe, functional, and well-maintained, this bond would fund repairs or replacements for failing and obsolete systems across the district. For Westridge, which was built in 1980, this bond would:

Replace failing and obsolete systems

• Interior and exterior surfaces
  • Update and repair the asphalt and concrete parking lot, playground, and sidewalks
  • Repair and replace worn interior and exterior surfaces and finishes throughout the building: doors, flooring, walls, and ceilings 
  • Replace exterior brick veneer (phase 1 completed with 2017 bond) 
  • Repair gutters, downspouts, and storm drains
• Security systems
  • Replace obsolete fire alarm system
• Exterior and interior recreational facilities
  • Replace aging bleacher seating for safety and usability
  • Replace beams in the exterior covered play area
• Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
  • Kitchen: Upgrade outdated and inefficient units
  • Classrooms: Replace worn furnishings to support modern learning
  • Classrooms: Replace broken and outdated personal devices every student uses for curriculum and instruction
     

Lake Oswego Middle School is being replaced using funds from the voter-passed 2021 bond measure. Construction is in progress and the new school is set to open in fall 2026.  For Lake Oswego Middle School, this bond would:

• Fix broken components to protect investment of new buildings
• Replace broken and outdated personal devices every student uses for curriculum and instruction
   

For Lakeridge Middle School, which was replaced in 2020, this bond would:

• Fix broken components to protect investment of new buildings
• Replace broken and outdated personal devices every student uses for curriculum and instruction
   

To ensure our schools remain safe, functional, and well-maintained, this bond would fund repairs or replacements for failing and obsolete systems across the district. For Lake Oswego High School, which was replaced in 2005, this bond would:

Replacing failing and obsolete systems

• Heating and cooling systems 
  • Replace aging air handling units, boilers, pumps, cooling towers, domestic and hydronic piping, exhaust fans, and ductless split systems
• Exterior and interior surfaces 
  • Repair and upgrade stairways and guardrails
  • Improve drainage and repair asphalt walkways, parking lots, and concrete sidewalks
  • Complete replacement and repairs of roof, flashing, gutters, downspouts, ladders, stucco, ceiling tiles, walls, carpets, rubber flooring, door frames and doors (not covered in 2017/2021 bonds)
  • Exterior and interior paint
• Electrical and plumbing systems
  • Install plumbing shutoff valves
• Security systems
  • Replace obsolete fire alarm system
  • Replace broken first-floor windows and doors with security glass (vestibule main entrance completed in 2017 bond)
  • Replacing failing exterior lights with LED lighting
  • Seismic rehabilitation of technology building for earthquake resilience
• Outdoor and recreational spaces
  • Replace theater lighting and paint the stage floor
  • Replace tennis court lighting, surfacing, and nets
  • Replace failing football and baseball field lights
  • Replace baseball batting cage
  • Replace aging bleacher seating in old gymnasium for safety and usability
• Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
  • Kitchen: Upgrade outdated and inefficient units
  • Classrooms: Replace broken and outdated personal devices every student uses for curriculum and instruction
• Our inadequate and aging Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) facilities fail to meet essential educational needs. This bond would:
  • Repurpose and expand CTE/STEM spaces at both high schools, equipping students with necessary experience for career and college
     

To ensure our schools remain safe, functional, and well-maintained, this bond would fund repairs or replacements for failing and obsolete systems across the district. For Lakeridge High School, which was built in 1970, this bond would:

Replace failing and obsolete systems

• Heating and cooling systems 
  • Replace air handling units, boilers, pumps, cooling towers, domestic and hydronic piping, exhaust fans, and ductless split system
  • Install air conditioning in gymnasiums
• Exterior and interior surfaces 
  • Repair and upgrade interior and exterior stairways and guardrails
  • Repair and upgrade drainage, asphalt walkways and parking lots, and concrete sidewalks
  • Replace damaged roofs, flashing, gutters, downspouts, ladders, stucco, ceiling tiles, walls, carpets, and rubber flooring
  • Exterior and interior paint
• Electrical and plumbing systems
  • Replace distribution panels 
  • Install plumbing shutoff valves
  • Repair drinking fountains
• Security systems
  • Replace obsolete fire alarm system
  • Replace broken first-floor windows and doors with security glass (vestibule main entrance completed in 2017 bond)
  • Replacing failing exterior lights with LED lighting
• Outdoor and recreational spaces
  • Replace theater lights
  • Renovate lower level of athletics building, including locker room, to mitigate flooding and repair failing infrastructure
  • Replace baseball batting cage and storage
  • Replace tennis court lighting, surfacing, and nets
  • Add visitor bleachers at the main field
• Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
  • Kitchen: replace outdated appliances and equipment
  • Art rooms: replace broken cabinets in classrooms
  • Classrooms: Replace broken and outdated personal devices every student uses for curriculum and instruction

Address essential capacity needs

• Repurpose and update Technology Building to serve as flexible space for Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) instruction and experiences
• The Technology Building, located on the Lake Oswego High School campus, currently houses the Community Transition Program and district-wide services including the Staff Development Room and Computer Networking Services department.

Our inadequate and aging Community Transition Program (CTP) building is rated in the poorest condition and educational adequacy assessments, failing to meet essential educational needs. For CTP, this bond would:

Address essential capacity needs

• Purchase and renovate a home near work and public transportation for CTP, which supports students ages 18-21 with developmental delays in the mild to moderate cognitive range

Our Central Office, built in 1961, and Facility Operations Warehouse, built in 1971, are among the oldest district facilities and are rated in the poorest condition. These buildings cannot house all administrative and support functions, requiring our district to rent additional spaces using general operational budget. This bond would:

Repurpose available facility to consolidate district-wide services

• Reconfigure Uplands Elementary School to consolidate district-wide services -- including superintendent, business services, capital bond, communications, computer networking services, curriculum and instruction, human resources, student services, and teacher and staff development; eliminate rental costs; and create operational efficiencies.
• Demolish Central Office and Facility Operations Warehouse buildings, clearing space for school use.