What's next for school bond projects?
In 2006 Medford voters approved a $189 million bond issue for upgrades at all 18 district campuses.
However, as planning for the projects went forward, engineers determined that two elementary schools — Jackson and Roosevelt — were structurally unsafe and would need to be completely rebuilt at an unanticipated expense. Rising estimated construction costs at other schools also pushed past the original budget.
From the Archives
- Moving on, moving up - 6/15/2010
- Goodbye to old South Medford - 6/12/2010
- Architectural firms chosen for South Medford project - 2/20/2010
- Teachers, students move home - 12/18/2009
- Safety leads to fenced-in grounds - 6/20/2009
- School construction on track - 3/21/2009
- Rites of renewal - 12/3/2008
- New South Medford High rises - 11/24/2008
- Board approves bids for Jackson, Roosevelt - 10/8/2008
- Disqualification puts Batzer in lead to rebuild schools - 9/24/2008
- School Board OKs bid for Jackson, Roosevelt gyms - 9/19/2008
- New look for Oak Grove? - 9/9/2008
- A work in progress, and life goes on - 9/7/2008
- Lone Pine cost below estimate - 9/3/2008
- A sad end to 192 years of instruction - 8/15/2008
- South Medford school project budget drops - 7/9/2008
- School overhaul begins - 7/2/2008
- Medford school projects 'moving full speed ahead' - 6/21/2008
- South Medford project under way - 6/3/2008
- School plans approved - 5/18/2008
- Roosevelt, neighbors to discuss construction - 5/6/2008
- Construction is topic at meetings - 4/27/2008
- Board hopes to avoid postponing construction - 4/3/2008
- Board rejects historic status for schools - 4/2/2008
- Historic protection considered for schools - 3/21/2008
- Elementary Solutions - 3/15/2008
- Lone Pine closer to construction - 3/2/2008
- New South High design finalized - 2/13/2008
- Board unanimously OKs plan - 1/9/2008
- Board may OK plans today - 1/8/2008
- Group wants $20 million cut from South Medford project - 1/2/2008
Document Box
Follow these links to find electronic versions of documents related to the Medford school bond projects.
- Medford bond measure ballot title
- Bond resolution
- DCI Engineers structural/seismic report on Jackson Elementary
- DCI Engineers structural/seismic report on Roosevelt Elementary
- District summary of all projects from Sept. 4, 2007
- Building Improvement Task Force report to board, Sept. 28, 2007
- ABHT Structural Engineers review of DCI reports
- Peter MeijerArchitect LLC assessment of Roosevelt Elementary
- Peter MeijerArchitect LLC assessment of Jackson Elementary
- Drawings of proposed Roosevelt Elementary School
- Maintenance and repair options introduced in February 2006
Bond project resources
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