Campus swap follows addition by subtraction model

The historic La Conner Elementary School building will be going out with a bang this summer.

Fourth of July fireworks will have barely been silenced when demolition begins to remove the old brick structure, built during the height of the Great Depression, in order to make way for a new middle school complex.

July 5 is target date for the start of demolition, a major phase related to the ongoing bond-financed La Conner School District capital improvement project that will result in upgraded facilities and a swap of elementary and middle school campuses.

But for now, much of the work is taking p...