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Four major construction projects for either Oregon community colleges or school districts are poised to advance after voters approved bond measures on Tuesday.

The biggest bond measure on ballots 鈥� $753 million for Beaverton School District 鈥� passed. Its largest project is a $253 million replacement of Beaverton High School, which was built in 1916. It鈥檚 the district鈥檚 only high school with a seismic rating indicating risk of partial or full collapse during an earthquake, according to district officials.

The new building will be three or four stories, hold roughly 292,000 square feet, and be able to accommodate approximately 1,500 students, according to the Beaverton School District鈥檚 bond website. It will likely be located on an empty grass field along Southwest Farmington Road. Once the new building is complete, the existing school building will be demolished and replaced with a parking lot or other programming. Students will attend school on-site during construction, which could wrap up by fall 2027.

Beaverton School District鈥檚 second-largest bond project 鈥� a rebuild of Raleigh Hills K-8 School, in Portland 鈥� is projected to cost $67 million. The 2022 bond would provide $53 million, and more would roll over from the 2014 bond. The new school building will be roughly 95,000 square feet. During construction, students will attend classes at an off-site location not yet determined.

The Beaverton School District bond also included $144 million for deferred maintenance such as replacements of aging heating and cooling systems.

Two Oregon colleges saw multimillion-dollar bond measures approved by voters. Tillamook Bay Community College鈥檚 $14.4 million bond will help pay for a new health care education building on property adjacent to the main campus building. The new building would allow the college to add a nursing program and a health care occupation training program as well as provide space for expansion.

The building project is estimated to cost $22.4 million. The college previously received an $8 million matching grant from the Oregon Legislature for the project.

A $16 million bond for Linn-Benton Community College passed. It鈥檚 set to pay for a new Agricultural Education Center that will allow the college to launch a new veterinary tech program. The bond will also pay for an update of the Benton Center in Corvallis and the Childcare Center at the main campus in Albany.

Other school bond measures that passed were for: Corvallis School District, $46 million; Dallas School District, $28 million; and La Grande School District, $4.8 million.

School districts in Roseburg, Amity, Gervais, Lebanon, North Bend, Myrtle Creek (South Umpqua), Days Creek, Crook County and Morrow County saw their bond measure bids fail. Roseburg鈥檚 proposed school construction package, $154 million, was second in size only to Beaverton鈥檚. It called for new detached, multipurpose gym facilities for five of the district鈥檚 elementary schools and reconstruction of Roseburg High School鈥檚 main building.