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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Design phase for new Academy classrooms
The new classrooms
project at the Warm Springs
K-8 Academy is currently
about half-way through the
design phase. The planned
new classrooms are funded
through the voter-approved
school district 509-J bond
measure, approved last fall.
There is a district website
that allows you to follow the
progress on the project, as
well as those at the high
school, Bridges and other
schools of the district. Visit
the site at:
509JSchoolBond.org
The Academy classroom
project is expected to see a
construction start date in
January 2023. Completion
would be late that summer,
with preparation and moving
in during the fall of next year.
Of the total $24 million ap-
proved in the November
2021 bond measure, $4 mil-
lion goes to work at the Acad-
emy.
There will be six new early
learning classrooms; plus
safety items like a new key-
access control system.
The Confederated Tribes
and school district 509-J built
the Academy cooperatively
back in 2013-14. The tribes
and district shared the $10.7
million construction cost 50-
50.
Tribal members had ap-
D.McMechan/Spilyay
The central courtyard area of the Warm Springs Academy, with its
rooftop solar panel component.
proved the referendum in
favor of the new school by
a 3-1 margin in July of
2012. The school district
voters then approved a
bond in favor of the
project, allowing planning
and design to begin that
year, followed by the con-
struction start in 2013.
The War m Springs
Academy replaced the pre-
vious elementary school,
constructed mostly in the
1930s.
For the Academy dedi-
cation ceremony in August
of 2014, five-hundred
tribal members, leaders
and other guests showed up
at the school for the
occassion.
The Warm Springs K-8
Academy was built to
Courtesy
Bridges High School work is under way.
On Tribal Council agenda
The following are
the items coming up
the Tribal Council
(subject to change at
discretion):
some of
soon on
agenda
Council
Monday, August 15
9 a.m.: Secretary-Trea-
surer update with the S-T/
CEO Robert Brunoe.
9:30: September agenda
and review minutes with the
S-T.
10: Legislative update
calls, federal and state.
11: Covid-19 update with
the Response Team.
1:30 p.m.: Enrollments
with Lucille Suppach-
Samson, Vital Statistics.
2:30: Indian Health Ser-
vice update with Hyllis
Dauphinais, clinic chief ex-
ecutive officer.
3:30: Tribal attorney up-
date regarding National Wild-
life Federation and National
Marine Fisheries Service liti-
gation—Hydro-system, En-
dangered Species Act, and
National Environmental Pro-
tection Agency lawsuit.
Monday, August 29
9 a.m.: Tribal attorney
Warm Springs Vital
Stats reminds tribal
member graduates
that you need to sub-
mit your diploma and
transcript for the fall
Trust Fund payment.
You can make con-
tact at the school dis-
trict by calling 541-
475-7265 extension
2316; or 541-475-
4820 extension 2800.
update regarding the Colum-
bia River Treaty.
Note: All draft resolutions
and ordinances, including any
attachments or exhibits, are
due by the first Friday of each
month by 5 p.m. You can
email in word form. No ex-
ceptions.
Note to Presenters: Please
bring 15 sets of copies to dis-
tribute to Council. Reminder:
Mandatory mask require-
ments are enforced in all tribal
buildings. Please wear your
mask.
accomodate up to 750 stu-
dents. The classroom addi-
tion project will provide new
and added space for learn-
ing.
Other district projects
The $24 million overall
bond measure of 2021 is
specifically for “health,
safety and security” through-
out the district schools. Work
at the Bridges High School
began in the spring, and is
scheduled for completion in
January.
The $935,000 Bridges
work includes the new key-
access control system, four
new classrooms, gym floor
improvements, and new
flooring on the lower level.
Madras High School
work will include a new
roof and insulation; up-
grades to the Career and
Technical Education area;
heating, cooling and venti-
lation improvements; a new
soccer concession and
restroom area, and facility
and field lights.
This project, also in the
design phase, will see con-
struction begin early next
year, with completion
scheduled for early fall
2023.
The 2021 bond measure
was the first 509-J school dis-
trict bond proposal since
2012—the one that helped
pay for construction of the
Warm Springs Academy.
The 2012 measure also
funded the Madras Perform-
ing Arts Center at the high
school.
August 10, 2022