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Ridgefield School District’s dilemma: More students, same space

Officials weigh options in light of construction bond’s fifth straight failure

By Griffin Reilly, Columbian staff writer
Published: May 11, 2022, 6:39pm
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Seventh-grader Iiaston Kory, 12, foreground, joins fellow students as they gather in the cafeteria at View Ridge Middle School before school earlier this month. District officials have identified the View Ridge complex, which shares space with Sunset Intermediate School, as perhaps the most crowded place in the district. Possible plans to alleviate overcrowding at the school include converting extracurricular spaces like the wrestling room and theater to new classrooms.
Seventh-grader Iiaston Kory, 12, foreground, joins fellow students as they gather in the cafeteria at View Ridge Middle School before school earlier this month. District officials have identified the View Ridge complex, which shares space with Sunset Intermediate School, as perhaps the most crowded place in the district. Possible plans to alleviate overcrowding at the school include converting extracurricular spaces like the wrestling room and theater to new classrooms. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

Following the Ridgefield School District’s fifth consecutive bond failure last month, district officials are weighing options of how to best move forward without the funds necessary to build a new elementary school.

The new school — along with an expansion to Ridgefield High School that would have also been funded by the bond — was the first step in Ridgefield’s long-term plan to alleviate intense population increases that have overwhelmed the district over the last decade.

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