Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
The Colfax school board will consider written documents May 23 detailing all proposed changes to the junior/senior high school as part of the $18.9 million bond passed in February.
District architect Ned Warnick will present the text which is to focus on what changes may be made to the junior/senior high school building.
“We’ll touch every part of that building, even if it’s just with a brush of paint,” said Warnick.
If the board approves, Warnick and Design West of Pullman will move on to the schematic design phase (blueprints) with a goal of presenting them to the board July 2.
On May 9, Warnick, Colfax Superintendent Jerry Pugh and two auditorium specialists from PLA Designs of Aloha, Ore., Paul Luntsford and Chris Ochocki, took in a three-hour meeting in the Colfax auditorium.
“Everyone walks into that auditorium and they just light up,” Pugh said.
Elements discussed were acoustical features, flooring, seating, the balcony, curtains and more.
“We think that the stage curtains are original, from 1960,” Pugh said. “They were built to last forever and they have.”
Among the changes now set to be made to the auditorium are to replace all seats and add wooden acoustic panels above the stage, which help send sound out to the audience.
Pugh will meet every two weeks during the summer with Warnick and Dax Logsdon, the district’s construction project manager.
Next Wednesday’s 5:30 p.m. gathering is a regular school board meeting, which was scheduled because of Memorial Day the following Monday. On Tuesday, May 29, Pugh and District Business Manager Reece Jenkin will fly to Seattle for the district’s bond sale, to happen the next morning at the downtown offices of Piper Jaffray.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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