South Kitsap School District facilities crew busy with summer projects

The roof replacement project at Sidney Glen Elementary School is the biggest of the summer for the South Kitsap School District.

But that is far from the only facilities upgrade in the district.

Tom OBrien, director of facilities and operations for SKSD, said there are three other roofing projects in SKSD.

Olalla Elementary School, which is about 44,000 square feet and opened in 1954, will undergo a partial roof replacement. OBrien said that will encompass 12,000 square feet that was blistered and leaky.

That is not the only work taking place this summer at Olalla. Mike Riley, SKSD assistant director of facilities and operations, said a new well will be installed at the school to complement the one that has serviced the school since 1966.

Olalla is the only school in the district that has its well managed by SKSD. All others are run by local water districts. Because of that, they looked into refurbishing the existing well, which Riley said provides 2 to 7 gallons per minute. But Riley said that might only increase water production to 12 gallons per minute and there is no guarantee that would occur.

The new well, which will service the school along with the old one, is expected to produce 25 gallons per minute, according to Riley.

It was the proper time, said Riley, who expects that project to finish in time for the start of the school year. You dont wait until you cant provide enough water to adequately manage the building.

There also will be a significant roof project at South Kitsap High School. Other portions of the schools roof have been repaired or replaced during the last decade. The latest project, OBrien said, will restore an 80,000-square-foot section of the roof. He said the roofers will re-coat the surface to add an additional 10 years of service life to it.

The area were doing today will put us in a situation where the high school essentially is done, OBrien said. Its sound and its in good shape.

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South Kitsap School District facilities crew busy with summer projects