Following an extensive review of the condition of nine of Tacoma's oldest elementary buildings, the Tacoma School Board today recommended that Washington-Hoyt's historic 1906 structure be included in the upcoming capital levy measure. The inclusion of Washington brings the total number of schools likely to be included in the ballot measure to 3, including Baker and Hunt middle schools. Since the district cannot afford to rebuild three middle schools as they had hoped to with last year's bond failure, a smaller measure opens up the possibility to replace or modernize an elementary, for approximately half the cost of a third middle school. Total cost of the measure would be 104.4 million.
