Colfax school construction

A summer of construction concluded at Colfax Junior-Senior High School with a delayed start to the school year – after the Palouse Empire Fair – and a full push Sept. 8, the night before the first day of school, to cover final details before students filled the building again.

Last items included washing floors and windows, hauling in desks and chairs from storage and dusting them off for use.

A planned volleyball jamboree for that Saturday at the junior-senior high school was cancelled, as the building’s main bathrooms across the foyer from the gym were not yet complete. Work continued by various subcontractors through the school that Saturday and Sunday.

Phase one of construction on the $18.9 million project – funded by a bond passed by voters in 2018 – began on spring break with a six-man full-time crew from Wellens Farwell Construction of Enterprise, Ore.

The summer construction at Jennings Elementary and the junior-senior high school was part of phases 1, 2 and 3 on the overall project. The next phase began in October with the westside classrooms on the second floor of the high school.