August 25, 2016 5:30 am
Life 
Construction is underway at the new Jemtegaard Middle School and Columbia River Gorge Elementary in Washougal. It is expected to be complete in time for the 2017-18 school year. The project is one of several happening in local school districts.
Heidi Rosenberg, Capital Programs director for the Camas School District, chats with an employee of Green Construction. The company is constructing a 191-space lot to relieve some of the parking headaches at the school. It is one of several projects happening in the district. "I am excited to be getting started on so many projects," she said. "The bond just passed in February, and we've already got projects started."
Workers from PHI Construction Inc., set a catch basin at the new transportation facility site behind the Washougal School District office at Evergreen Way.
From left, Stephen Baranowski, associate principal, Gary Moller, principal, and Nicole O'Rourke, dean of students, stand in the entrance of the new vestibule at Liberty Middle School.
The chatter of students in the hallways and bright yellow buses on the roads will mark the start of school in Camas and Washougal in less than two weeks.
But activity in and around local schools has already been in full swing this summer, with a myriad of construction projects in both districts due to a $120 million voter-approved bond in Camas, and a $57.68 million bond in Washougal.
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