School leaders chose NAC Architecture as the district’s new architect during their April 26 board meeting. 

A week prior, the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors had interviewed both NAC and Design West Architecture and had the week to review each of their statements of qualifications.

The board’s decision was made without much discussion. 

Superintendent Paul Turner explained last week that once the architect was chosen, the district could then move onto the next step, which is to collect community input on what they want to do with school facilities so those goals can be relayed to the architect who can then work on designs.

Decisions to be made include what to keep and what to change at the former middle school in Grand Coulee, what sports facilities are there room for on the main campus in Coulee Dam, whether the district office should be moved from west Coulee Dam to the old high school building in east Coulee Dam, and more.