2024 Capital Improvements and Safety Levy
The Capital Improvements and Safety Levy funds facility needs not funded by the state, helping to ensure that our learning environments are healthy and safe. This levy was approved by voters in 2024 for collections in 2025-2028.
Capital Improvements Updates
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Lakewood School District has been awarded a $600,000 urgent repair grant from OSPI. This grant will fund the replacement of the school’s outdated boiler to improve safety, reliability, and comfort for students and staff.
The current boiler has served the school well beyond its intended lifespan and has required increasing levels of maintenance and repairs, often with parts difficult to obtain. The new boiler system will provide more reliable performance, improve energy efficiency, and reduce the long-term operational costs associated with maintaining an aging system.
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Cougar Creek Elementary has a new layer of safety in place. Crews recently completed the installation of updated security fencing around the school’s play field, playground, and key campus perimeter areas. These improvements are designed to create a safer, more secure environment for our students while keeping our school grounds welcoming and accessible to our community outside of school hours.
This project was made possible through the voter‑approved Capital Improvements and Safety Levy (2025-2028). Your support ensures that we can invest in critical safety upgrades and facility improvements at all of our schools.
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Lakewood Middle School recently received a major safety upgrade with the installation of new fire alarm control panels.
The previous fire control system had reached the end of its service life and no longer met current safety standards. The new system includes advanced smoke and heat detection, integrated alarm and communication systems, and centralized monitoring—ensuring faster, more reliable emergency response.
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If you were at the district track meet in May, you may have noticed something new at Lakewood High School’s Dick Cardinal Stadium — energy-saving LED lights.
Thanks to funding support from Snohomish PUD and the Washington State Department of Commerce, we’ve upgraded our lighting system to cut energy use and save money — all while meeting goals set by Washington’s Clean Buildings Act.
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We were hoping the bell/master clock/intercom system at Lakewood Middle School would hang in there a little longer... but it had other plans! This fall, it officially clocked out for good.
The new bell system is up and running, and the digital classroom clocks have arrived. Over the next few weeks, they’ll be installed in every classroom, ensuring classes stay right on time.
Tentative schedule of improvements
At its July 17, 2024 study session, the Lakewood Board of Directors reviewed a list of priorities for the Capital Improvements and Safety Levy. The list is based on the work of the Capital Facilities Advisory Committee, which met in 2023.
The tentative schedule includes:
2024-25
- SAFETY: Fencing to improve security during school hours
- ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Replace aging LES boiler and HVAC system
- SAFETY: Replace obsolete LMS bell system, master clock and intercom system
- SAFETY: Replace LMS fire alarm system
- ADA/SAFETY: Upgraded door hardware to improve security of LMS and LES exterior doors
- SAFETY: Upgrades to LES and CCE playgrounds
- EFFICIENCY: LMS energy-efficient lighting and controls (*grant/levy funded)
- EFFICIENCY: LHS recommissioning of lighting control system (*grant funded)
- EFFICIENCY: LHS stadium lighting replacement (*grant funded)
2025-26
- SAFETY: Secure exterior doors at LES and ECE
- SAFETY: Update ECE fire alarm control panels and building communications system
- PRESERVATION: Replace aging LMS roof
- ACCOMMODATE GROWTH: Reconfigure LMS cafeteria
2026-27
- SAFETY: Secure exterior doors at LMS
- PRESERVATION: Update electrical equipment at LES, LMS
- EFFICIENCY: Lighting and electrical fixture updates at LES, ECE, CCE
2027-2028
- SAFETY: Secure exterior doors at CCE
- PRESERVATION: Update hot water and heat pumps at ECE
Additional Improvements
- Improve ADA accessibility
- Improve signage and wayfinding
- Clean school exteriors