2024 Annual Report: Building, Maintaining, and Preserving Community Assets - Your Cap/Tech Levy at Work

Editor’s Note: This story appeared on Page 7 of the 2024 Mercer Island School District Annual Report which was delivered to all Mercer Island residents via regular mail on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.

Your Cap/Tech Levy At Work - An Investment: Today, Tomorrow, and Together

The Mercer Island School District is committed to the asset preservation of all our schools and district facilities with the goal of improving student experience and system reliability. During the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years MISD made and will make capital improvements through the Capital/Technology Levy (Cap/Tech) at our three older elementary schools and other district facilities.

Through our community's support of the Cap/Tech Levy (2023-2029), the District completed and has project plans for the future. Cap/Tech dollars accomplish small projects such as boiler replacements, roofs, and secure vestibules.

The Cap/Tech Levy Projects Completed During 2024 include:

• Carpet Replacement at Island Park, Lakeridge, and West Mercer
• Boiler Replacements at Island Park, Lakeridge, and West Mercer
• Classroom door security and hardware improvements at Island Park, Lakeridge, and West Mercer.
• Parking lot striping and select asphalt improvements throughout the District
• State of WA Clean Buildings Act Compliance Auditing & Reporting
• Partial HVAC Control Improvements at needed sites
• Secure Entry (video doorbell) at Crest Learning Center
• New teacher desks at Island Park, Lakeridge, and West Mercer
• Department of Ecology stormwater facility maintenance, (which includes the goats at IMS)
• Fencing improvements throughout the District
• Marching Band temporary Stair Tower at JV Field

Summer 2025 Planned Projects

• Interior and exterior paint - Island Park, Lakeridge, and West Mercer.
• Phase one classroom furniture replacement at MIHS- Significant input from students, teachers, and staff, will establish a standard to support learning.
• Mary Wayte Pool - A $2M grant from King County as a 1:1 match with the MISD Cap/Tech levy will provide necessary improvements for another decade to come. Construction is set to begin in 2025.
• Stormwater treatment- In conjunction with the Department of Ecology, MISD will invest in the maintenance of the current stormwater detention ponds around the district, including the summer goat pasture at IMS!

We greatly appreciate our community for providing for our students, staff, and facilities through your support of the Cap/Tech Levy.