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New Timberland Middle School moves forward

In May, 2014, voters passed a $680 million bond measure for the Beaverton School District. Among the capacity improvements included in the measure is a new middle school that will be built on the property acquired in 2003 from the Teufel family.

During the 2013-14 school year, total District middle school capacity was expected to occupy 91% of available middle school capacity. By 2020, projected occupancy rises to 98%. Additional middle school capacity is going to be needed between 2020 and 2025. Stoller Middle School is already over capacity, with 1341 students enrolled during the 2013-14 school year.

The new middle school is currently in the design review process. District project managers held a neighborhood meeting on December 1, 2014 and an open house on January 13, 2015. The neighborhood meeting in December was required by the City of Beaverton as part of the District's design review and land use application. The Community Open House presented updated site plans.

The new middle school will be located on 16.3 acres in the Timberland development, and will house 1,100 students in grades 6-8 in 2020, after the district is finished using it as a temporary location for other schools whose campuses are being completely rebuilt. The estimated cost is $51.6 million.

Mahlum Architects developed several options for the school that were presented at the open house in January. The selection committee chose Skanska as the builder, a very large, highly qualified contractor that has performed well for the BSD on prior projects, including Bonny Slope Elementary School.

The school is scheduled to open in September 2016 as a “swing school” for four schools that are slated to be demolished and rebuilt on their current sites. The furniture, fixtures and equipment will be purchased for each elementary school occupying the swing school, and then go with them to the rebuilt elementary school.

It will become a middle school in September 2020. The sequence is as follows:

• Vose Elementary School will move into the Timberland middle school during the 2016-2017 school year and into the new building on the Vose school property in 2017-2018.
• William Walker Elementary School will move into the Timberland middle school during the 2017-2018 school year and into the new building on the William Walker school property in 2018-2019.
• Hazeldale Elementary School will move into the Timberland middle school during the 2018- 2019 school year and into the new building on the Hazeldale school property in the 2019- 2020 school year.
• The Arts & Communication Magnet Academy will move into the Timberland middle school during the 2019-2020 school year and into the new building on the ACMA school property in the 2020-2021 school year.

Area residents have been concerned about parking and bus circulation, among other issues. The District’s approach to these and other topics can be found in a Frequently-Asked-Questions list for the project.

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