Seattle schools release revised boundary maps
SEATTLE -- The Seattle School Board has released revised boundary maps that have been changed in response to public comments and the results of a Web-based survey.
Last month the school board released a set of proposed maps for public consideration.
The district's maps must change in response to a change in district policy to now assign students to schools based on geography.
Parents in the district currently choose three schools for their child, then hopes their child is assigned to their first-choice school. That procedure will change in the future, school officials said, as each student will be assigned to a neighborhood school.
Once adopted by the school board, the boundary maps will determine initial student assignments based on address, and will be implemented in the fall of 2010.
Come 2010, every student will stay at his or her present school, but will move to their geography-based assigned school when they move on from kindergarten to elementary school, and so on.
The school board is holding a public hearing on Nov. 9 and is scheduled to vote on the maps on Nov. 18. You can sign up to give testimony at board meetings and the Nov. 9 public hearing online. The meeting will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the John Stanford Center Auditorium.
To view the revised maps, click on the corresponding links below:
High Schools
Middle and Elementary Schools
Last month the school board released a set of proposed maps for public consideration.
The district's maps must change in response to a change in district policy to now assign students to schools based on geography.
Parents in the district currently choose three schools for their child, then hopes their child is assigned to their first-choice school. That procedure will change in the future, school officials said, as each student will be assigned to a neighborhood school.
Once adopted by the school board, the boundary maps will determine initial student assignments based on address, and will be implemented in the fall of 2010.
Come 2010, every student will stay at his or her present school, but will move to their geography-based assigned school when they move on from kindergarten to elementary school, and so on.
The school board is holding a public hearing on Nov. 9 and is scheduled to vote on the maps on Nov. 18. You can sign up to give testimony at board meetings and the Nov. 9 public hearing online. The meeting will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the John Stanford Center Auditorium.
To view the revised maps, click on the corresponding links below:
High Schools
Middle and Elementary Schools