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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Local News | Seattle Schools return to neighborhood-based system | Seattle Times Newspaper


Local News Seattle Schools return to neighborhood-based system Seattle Times Newspaper:

"Seattle Public Schools has officially returned to a neighborhood-based system of assigning students to schools, similar to one it abandoned about 30 years ago in the name of racial integration.

With unanimous vote at 11 p.m. Wednesday, the School Board approved a new set of boundaries for most of the district's schools that will determine where students will be guaranteed a spot. The boundaries will be phased in starting next fall with students in kindergarten, sixth and ninth grades."