October 8

Proposed Student Assignment Plan released

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The Seattle School District released its proposed school assignment boundary map on Tuesday evening, drawing some mixed reaction.  The Student Assignment Plan (.pdf), which was approved in June, gave the district the go-ahead to outline boundaries around each elementary, middle and high school.  Under the proposed plan, students would be designated a school based on their home address.  District-wide open enrollment would no longer be an option. 

This map outlines Fremont’s proposed elementary and middle school attendance area. 

This is how the proposed high school boundaries look.  You can click here to look up all schools by address or to see a larger view of the maps. 

The district’s plan is a return to a school assignment system that keeps students in their neighborhoods.  In doing this, not only would children be closer to home, they hope to save money by reducing the number of buses required to transport students across the city.

B.F. Day Elementary School Principal, Susan McCloskey, likes the proposed changes.  “I like the idea of parents knowing where their kids are going to go to school.  This will really simplify the process.”  In addition she says, “I love the fact that if you’re in BFD right now, you get grandfathered in until you graduate from 5th grade.  Siblings are the issue.” 

Other concerns have been raised that the boundaries could impact the socioeconomic and racial diversity in schools, as well as have an effect on class size.  Principal McCloskey adds, “The only thing I’m worried about is I don’t want to lose that diversity, because right now we have two buses coming from the South end and the Central area.  I don’t know how that will shake out when the whole plan gets in place.  We’ll have to see.”

There are several public meetings scheduled where communities can discuss and comment on the student assignment plan.  The next meeting in our area is on October 14 at Ballard High School from 6:30-8:30pm.  A complete list of meetings can be found here. 

The School Board will vote on the proposed boundaries on November 18.  If approved, the changes will take effect for students entering kindergarten, 6th grade and 9th grade in the 2010-2011 school year. 

Let us know if you’re affected by these changes in the comments below…


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