Auburn School District No. 408
915 4th Street Northeast, Auburn, WA  98002

 12/04/02

NEWS RELEASE
High School Bond will be on Tuesday, February 4 Ballot

The Auburn School Board of Directors recently approved a resolution to submit a $54,000,000 bond for a new high school on the Tuesday, February 4, 2003 ballot.  The bond proposition would fund the construction of a new high school to be opened in 2005.  The high school would be built on 40 acres that the district already owns in the Lea Hill area.  The school’s core facility would house 1,500 students as recommended by a citizens committee and will relieve the growing overcrowding at Auburn High School and Auburn Riverside High School

The Auburn School District Board of Directors made the decision based upon recommendations from two volunteer citizen committees that spent several months studying high school overcrowding in the Auburn School District. 

Auburn High School and Auburn Riverside High School are the largest four-year high schools in King County and Auburn High School is the largest high school in the state of Washington.  On October 1, 2003, Auburn High School had an enrollment of 2,376 students and Auburn Riverside High School, an enrollment of 1,862 students.  Combined, the two highs schools currently have 24 portable classrooms housing students.  Auburn School District’s high school enrollment is projected to increase over 400 students by 2005.

For more information, contact Auburn School District associate superintendent, Mike Newman, at (253) 931-4930.