District Email on Growth Boundaries
Subject: Growth Boundaries: Please provide feedbackDear Seattle Public Schools families:At a School Board work session today, draft attendance area boundaries revisions (Growth Boundaries) for elementary and middle schools will be presented to School Board directors.Student enrollment has increased from 46,000 in 2009-10 to about 51,000 this year, and we project nearly 60,000 students by 2020. We
Growth Boundaries Plan
First, the headlines:The big winner is K-5 at Boren, soon to be K-8 STEM at Boren.The big loser is Pinehurst K-8, soon to be closed and clearly treated with bad faith.APP breaks even, getting everything expected, most of it where expected, some of it in difficult spaces but with an extraordinary accommodation that should prove very beneficial in the long term.There isn't likely to be much fighting
9-17-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Applications for Advanced Learning due October 3Eligibility testing begins in October for accelerated learning programsSeattle Public Schools provides opportunities for academically advanced students in grades K-8 to qualify for accelerated learning programs. Additional information and application forms for eligibility testing can be found here. Applications are al