The West Linn-Wilsonville School District is excited to share that a contractor has been selected to resume work at Frog Pond Primary in Wilsonville.

The construction contract for Frog Pond Primary School was terminated in December, 2024 due to the contractor failing to pay subcontractors and suppliers. The school district has worked with the bonding company, Zurich, to resume work under the terms of the performance bond. Zurich has selected a completion contractor, Triplett Wellman Contractors, to lead the effort on site. Triplett Wellman is a well known contractor in the Oregon public school construction space that has built numerous projects in the area. Their experience includes successfully completing the new Sunset Primary School in West Linn in 2017.

Zurich is also working with the subcontractors and suppliers on the project to address issues regarding payments from the previous contractor. Many of these firms have received payments and have already agreed to return to complete their work. Zurich expects to secure agreements with all the original subcontractors and suppliers with outstanding work to finish the project. Additional costs related to these events are the responsibility of the bonding company, so the District does not expect increased costs to complete the project.

The Frog Pond Primary School construction site will begin to see activity in the coming weeks as Triplett Wellman coordinates the return of subcontractors. The District expects the project to be substantially complete in the late fall of 2025. Interested community members can learn more about the Frog Pond Primary project on the district website.

Join Us for the Dedication of the Wilsonville High School Performing Arts Center

The entire community is invited to the Athey Creek Middle School Building Dedication Ceremony on October 30 starting at 6 p.m.; 2110 Brandon Place, West Linn.

The event will include an official ribbon cutting ceremony and student-led tours of the new building.

Tour the brand-new Performing Arts Center at Wilsonville High School. Check out the massive stage, impressive lighting, and behind the scenes working spaces that will help our students get a jump start on their dreams of turning the passion of theater into a career.

School Board Directors, City Leaders, and School District Staff officially broke ground on the New Primary School at Frog Pond on June 12. 

The new primary school is part of the 2019 Capital Bond to address enrollment growth as the Frog Pond neighborhood builds out. The 350-student starter school will open in 2025-26. 

Interested community members can take a virtual tour of the new school by clicking here. 

The WHS Auditorium Addition and WHS renovation project has reached another significant milestone: TCO (Temporary Certificate of Occupancy).  As such, the school programs have moved into the new space allowing Todd Construction to begin phase 4; the renovation of existing space into the new Black Box theatre and CTE spaces. 

The move into the new space provided the additional benefit of hosting three events in the space this last week. This has provided the staff and students the opportunity to start learning the new systems and start the process of performance testing the new performance venue with a “soft open”.   

The project team is excited to welcome the public on a larger scale next fall when the entire PAC is anticipated to be completed.  Please stay tuned this summer for the Fall Grand Opening celebration announcements

If you have any questions, please contact the Project Manager.

R. Ryan Hendricks

hendricr@wlwv.k12.or.us

253.307.3687

Thank YOU for supporting the Capital Bond and Local Option to make this work possible.

Be sure to visit the Bond Website to stay informed about projects district-wide.

Capital Bond Coordinator – Amy Berger

www.bond.wlwv.k12.or.us

The installation of the underground water line on Willamette Falls Drive is complete. The crew will continue to work on the North side of Willamette Falls Drive near Epperly Way in preparation for underground utilities, as well as new retaining walls. Traffic control measures will continue on Willamette Falls Drive for the next couple of weeks as these areas are being worked on.

The General Contractor is also preparing to install the final layer of asphalt on Dollar Street.  There will be flaggers present to direct traffic once this work commences. The exact dates that this work will take place are dependent on the weather. The City has moved one of the digital traffic signs to Dollar Street to advise neighbors of upcoming traffic limitations.