Lake Washington School District’s (LWSD) Long-Term Facilities Planning Task Force is asking the community for input on specific strategies and resource levels the district should use in its facilities planning.

The task force has been working since December 2014 to find ways to address the district’s aging school facilities and its need for classroom space to serve a rapidly growing population.

Input is being gathered through an online open house, which started today and will be open through June 21. A survey on the open house site will be open through midnight on June 21.

A community open house will kick off this effort to gather input tonight from 6:30-9 p.m. at the L.E. Scarr Resource Center, 16250 N.E. 74th St. in Redmond. The task force will provide more information and answer questions. Community members will be able to take the survey as well as provide immediate feedback to task force members.

“The task force is looking at a variety of potential strategies,” noted LWSD Deputy Superintendent Janene Fogard. “It’s important for them to understand what the community is comfortable with given the varying resources implications, impacts and tradeoffs of different strategies.”

The online open house is an ongoing opportunity to be part of the conversation about the district’s facilities challenges. It will continue to be updated at key milestones. The open house will stay online until the Task Force makes its final recommendation. That recommendation is expected in September.