Peterson Dedicates Gym to Former Student

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Peterson Dedicates Gym to Former Student

Play with the heart of a five year old. These words will live on in the Peterson Elementary gym,
remembering a kindergarten student who passed away in 2015.

On Jan. 9, Peterson Elementary remembered Louden Miranda by unveiling a plaque with the
boy’s smiling face and the phrase reminding everyone to play with the heart of a child. The school held a special assembly to thank the Miranda family for an $8,000 donation which funded specialty flooring for the gym.

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New Peterson Elementary Classrooms Project Making Progress 

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New Peterson Elementary Classrooms Project Making Progress 

This week families, students and staff at Peterson Elementary have seen construction work happening in the early morning at the school. Workers are pouring concrete to make up the floors of six new classrooms and two new restrooms at the school with 591 students. 

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Project to Replace Modulars Starts at Peterson

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Project to Replace Modulars Starts at Peterson

This week Peterson Elementary took the first step toward adding six new classrooms and two new restrooms at the busy school with 585 students.

On Monday, workers began clearing ground where new buildings will be constructed. These new, permanent structures, will replace four aging modular classrooms at Peterson.

Klamath County School District Facilities Manager Justin Azevedo said this is just the start of the project. The next phase will be to install plumbing and electrical, before pouring the concrete floor. The goal is to have the new classrooms ready to go by the start of the 2018-19 school year.

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KCSD Uses Various Funds to Update and Secure Schools

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Klamath Falls, Ore. - During the summer break the Klamath County School District used various funding sources [listed below] to update and secure buildings so that they are safer and better prepared for students.

In this video, Justin Azevedo, Project Manager for KCSD speaks to Klamath Falls News about updates at Peterson and Ferguson Elementary schools.

Several county schools received updates including:

🏫 Peterson Elementary:
• Seismic Rehabilitation Project: $1,498,800 from the Oregon Seismic Rehabilitation Grant program.
KCSD maintenance staff provided electrical and plumbing and installed new HVAC pipeline with maintenance funds (not the grant). 
• Window coverings: $8,975 from bond funds.

🏫 Ferguson Elementary:
• New entryway/parking area: $310,000 from Secure Rural School Funds through Klamath County
• HVAC for library: $4,274 from bond funds

🏫 Bonanza Schools
• Repairs from June rainstorm: still being calculated and billed. Projects still ongoing.

🏫 Gilchrist Schools
• New track: $350,998 from funds included in 2017-18 budget.

🏫 Brixner Jr. High School
• Gym bleachers: $72,097 in bond funds.

🏫 Lost River Jr/Sr High School:
• Football bleachers: $27,504 for aluminum planks and walkways, paid for with bond funds. KCSD staff completed labor.

🏫 Henley High School
• New lighting: cost approximately $125,000 in bond funds (ongoing project).
• Renovated welding shop: $17,514 from CTE grant funding (throughout last year); KCSD staff installed lighting, electrical, gas and ire lines for the new equipment.

🏫 Keno Elementary
• New Drainage system: KCSD Maintenance staff completed labor. Cost approximately $12,000.

Note: “Bond funds” refers to funds from the $31 million bond voters passed in 2013.