About the Project
The current West Woodland Elementary School opened in 1991. It replaced an earlier school building originally opened in 1910. Enlarging the school will help address enrollment growth in the neighborhood.
This project constructs a new, approximately 28,000 square foot addition and remodels approximately 7,700 square feet of the existing building to provide 12 new classrooms, an expanded gymnasium, commons, and associated support and infrastructure spaces. The remainder of the existing school building will receive interior finish upgrades and improvements to technology and communication infrastructure. Site work includes improved landscaping and play areas. The loading dock will be moved, and a 7-stall parking lot for staff will be added.
West Woodland will move to the interim site at John Marshall School during construction.
Project Manager: Paul Wight
Design: McGranahan Architects
Construction: Allied Construction Associates
Project Budget: $21.4M
Funding Source: Funded by the Building Excellence V (BEX V) Capital Levy, which was approved by Seattle voters in 2019, and by a state Distressed Schools Grant.
School Design Advisory Team
The School Design Advisory Team (SDAT) worked with the project manager and project architect to develop school-specific education standards during the pre-design and schematic design phases. Meeting minutes are posted.