Spokane Public Schools has finalized its list of projects to be included in a $145 million bond measure that will go before voters on Feb. 15, along with a $202.5 million maintenance-and-operations levy measure.

Combined, the measures would keep tax rates for the school district at current levels, says Mark Anderson, associate superintendent for school support services.

The bond funding, if approved, would be supplemented with $34 million carried over from the 2009 construction bond funding, interest earnings of $1 million, and a state match of $24.9 million, for a total funding package of $204.9 million, Anderson says. The project list is tailored to keep the 2015-2021 annual bond levy rate within the current rate of $1.96 per $1,000 of property valuation, which was approved by voters in 2009.

Major construction projects would range in estimated value from a $4.5 million classroom addition at Lewis and Clark High School, on the lower South Hill, to a $36.6 million replacement project for Salk Middle School, in northwest Spokane.

The Salk school replacement, which would be paid for with $25 million in bond funds and a state match of $11.6 million, is the largest project proposed in the bond measure.

The project would include construction of a 97,000-square-foot, two-story classroom and administrative building that would be erected along Francis Avenue on the south part of the campus.

While the district hasn’t worked up a construction timeline for the proposed 2015 bond projects, Anderson says the Salk school replacement project likely would be one of the first projects to be constructed under the 2015 bond measure. A new gym is under construction there now and master planning work has been performed under the 2009 bond.

The Salk project would be followed in dollar valued by a proposed $25.7 million Franklin Elementary School modernization and addition, and a proposed $22.4 million Linwood Elementary replacement.

The Franklin project would update the original section of the structure and replace all portables with a 17,000-square-foot addition to bring the school up to the district’s new standard elementary school size of 65,000 square feet, Anderson says.

Franklin was constructed in the Lincoln Heights area in 1909 and was expanded in 1953.

Linwood, which is on Spokane’s North Side, would be replaced with a 65,000-square-foot facility, and the current school, which was built in 1957, would be demolished, Anderson says.

The largest high school project would be a $14 million cafeteria and commons addition at North Central High School, north of downtown.

“North Central has seen piecemeal improvements over the last two bond cycles,” he says. Most recently, the district completed a new math and science wing there.

“To get from the old part of the school to the new part, they have to go through a labyrinth of basement hallways or go outside,” Anderson says.

The proposed cafeteria and commons building would provide a link between the older and newer parts of the school complex, Anderson says. The structure also would provide space to serve all North Central students in two lunch periods, enabling the high school to have a closed campus during the day.

The bond proposes a $4.5 million addition to Lewis and Clark High School. “LC is our largest high school with the fewest classrooms,” Anderson says.

The addition would provide six classrooms, enabling the school to convert some existing classrooms into needed science labs, he says.

The proposed project list includes $13.6 million for construction of a replacement gym at Shaw Middle School, in the Hillyard neighborhood, Anderson says. The Shaw funding also would include master planning for the overall campus.

The master plan for Shaw would outline concepts for modernizing or replacing the rest of the school under a 2021 bond measure in much the same way as the Salk gymnasium construction and campus master planning was funded under the 2009 bond and as the school replacement project is proposed under the 2015 bond measure.

Other elementary school project funding under the 2015 bond would include $5 million for upgrades at Adams Elementary and $4.5 million for a classroom addition at Wilson Elementary, both on the South Hill.

The Adams project would be a major upgrade of the school, including installing a new heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system, Anderson says, adding that the project also would include new windows and an elevator.

“Adams doesn’t have air conditioning, and it’s a three-story school without an elevator,” he says.

The Wilson project would include construction of a two-story, six-classroom addition, Anderson says.

Another $9 million in bond funding would go toward classroom additions and portable classrooms to accommodate class-size reductions requirements and anticipated enrollment growth throughout the district, he says.

“We are growing,” Anderson says. “I think that by the 2021 bond we’ll not only have to renovate old buildings, but we’ll need to build additional schools to meet growth.”

The 2015 bond funding also would include $69.5 million in districtwide improvements and purchases, including facility improvements, technology upgrades and replacement, safety and security enhancements, and property purchases.

Technology improvements would include replacing some computers for staff and students, expanding wireless access, and enhancing infrastructure for information technology.

Safety and security measures would include constructing single-point access entries at all schools, and replacing and upgrading security-camera systems.

The project list is a compromise of sorts between two funding scenarios the district aired in September to gauge public priorities.

Two projects proposed under the separate scenarios have been scaled back on the final project list and likely will be reconsidered for including in the 2021 bond measure, Anderson says.

One scenario had proposed a $21 million replacement of Balboa Elementary, in the Indian Trail neighborhood. The other scenario had proposed a $14 million initial phase of improvements at Joe Albi Stadium in northwest Spokane.

Under the 2015 project funding list, Balboa might qualify for some expansion funds.

“Balboa is now in its second year of a core-knowledge specialized curriculum,” Anderson says. “They’ve talked about becoming an option school so others can opt in, and expanding to kindergarten through eighth grade.”

If Balboa were to need additional classroom space, funding likely would come out of the $9 million on the proposed funding list intended for minor elementary school additions and portables, he says.

One concept envisioned for the future of Joe Albi is reconstructing it as a 6,000-seat venue. The aging facility currently has 26,000 seats.

Most of the people who commented about Joe Albi Stadium in regard to the original bond scenarios said the district has higher priorities, Anderson says.

While the envisioned stadium reconstruction can be put on hold, Anderson says the district likely will have to replace the artificial turf at Joe Albi during the 2015-2021 bond period at an estimated cost of $1 million.

Some other immediate needs at Joe Albi, such as restroom improvements and parking lot lighting, might be funded as safety projects under the bond, he says.

An M&O levy request will be on the same ballot as the bond measure.

If approved, the levy would support educational programs and operations at an estimated tax rate of $4.02 per $1,000 of property valuation.

The current M&O levy, which voters approved in 2012, has a tax rate of $4.01 per $1,000 of property valuation and will expire in 2015. The proposed M&O levy would bring in an estimated annual average of $67.5 million from 2016 to 2018, Anderson says.