On Tuesday, Seattle Public Schools announced proposed changes to the boundaries of the John Stanford International School in Wallingford.
The changes were presented at a PTA meeting and will be voted on by the full School Board on Jan. 18. These boundary changes would also impact McDonald Elementary and Fremont’s B.F. Day Elementary School.
According to the release, the John Stanford International School is currently overcrowded and use exceeds the optimal use of the rooms. With no boundary change, the school will only continue to get more crowded based on projections.
The combined capacity for McDonald Elementary and Stanford can only support the population within the combined current boundary for two more years at most.
In order to keep siblings together and alleviate overcrowding, the school district is proposing a plan that will offer predictability to all families. Once approved, all those impacted by the boundary change will know where their student will attend school in September 2012.
The proposal for the 2012-13 school year is as follows:
- Ensures incoming kindergarten siblings of students attending John Stanford who live in Area # 1 or # 2 will be guaranteed assignment to John Stanford
- Students who live in Area #1 and who are not entering kindergarten siblings will be guaranteed assignment to McDonald
- Offers a plan to bring the number of JSIS homerooms back to a sustainable level.
The School Board will vote on this plan on Jan. 18.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Neighbor // Jan 12, 2012 at 2:48 pm
To be honest, I think they should make Standford an all-city draw with a lottery. It’s not fair to have it be a language immersion school when all public schools are not language immersion. And, it is located in a wealthy section of the city–again, not fair. Full disclosure: we live in Wallingford and Stanford was our reference school. And I still think the whole thing isn’t fair.
2 Fremont // Jan 12, 2012 at 3:30 pm
I think it is a good plan!!!
3 Fruitbat // Jan 13, 2012 at 12:15 am
BF Day, prepare for an influx of grumpy parents.
4 Steve // Jan 17, 2012 at 4:43 pm
On the contrary, Fruitbat, let’s prepare for a bunch of new kids and their parents next year. The best way to turn grumpy parents into happy ones is to put them at ease about the school…
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