The district has a list of 11 schools and programs an advisory committee recommended for closure -- but some of them are refusing to go quietly.

One of them is the Pathfinder program, which is based in West Seattle -- for now. It is a K-8 alternative school, and the advisory committee wants to move it to an alternative location.

And that's not sitting well with staff, students and parents, who say the transfer was a last-minute idea, and a bad one. Like so many schools that made the list, they are holding a rallies Monday to save their school.

One such rally was held last month at Graham Hill Elementary right after the list came out. The Pathfinder program hopes to grab attention too.

The Pathfinder Program has been pushing for a new facility for a while. They've grown out of their space and into portables in the back, but they say the new plan is worse.

Under the current recommendation, their building would close and the program would move to the Louisa Boren building, about three miles away and currently being used as the temporary home of Cleveland High School.

Pathfinder staff members say the building is not a good fit. They say it's too big, no one has thought about funding the change, and it doesn't lend well to the curriculum that combines different age groups and a Native American focus.

"There's not a plan for the facility, concrete on paper," said parent Lynette Martin. "As it stands right now we move into a small section of a boarded up building and that could drain the energy and life right out of our vital program."

And looking at it, some parents don't even think the Boren building is safe, and they don't want their school-age kids wandering the halls.

"This school is a phenomenal school it ought to be emulated all over the city opposed to transferred to an inadequate facility," said parent Leslie Harris.

There were two rallies scheduled at the current Pathfinder building, one at the start of school and one at the end of the day; both lasting about a half hour.

They hope the momentum will carry them into one of the last town hall meetings before the final list is revealed on July 26.