Carson Elementary addition update

The project at Rachel Carson Elementary that will add a four-classroom addition is moving along. As growth continues on the Sammamish Plateau, Lake Washington School District began construction last summer on the addition at Carson Elementary. The steel structure and roof has been completed and the exterior framing and sheathing is nearing completion. As part of the geothermal system at Carson, a radiant flooring system was installed, and concrete floor slabs were poured earlier this month. 

In April 2019, voters approved a capital construction levy to provide classroom space for 1,052 students. Carson’s new classroom addition will open in fall 2022. Classroom additions at three other elementary schools funded by the levy opened in the fall of 2021 and the classroom addition and commons expansion at Lake Washington High School opened in fall 2020. LWHS auxiliary gym opened in Fall 2021 and core spaces for the three other elementary schools are planned to open this Fall 2022. Carson’s core expansion is currently in the design phase with construction and completion expected in 2023.