The Seattle Public Schools has just released the proposed attendance area boundary maps. Here’s a link to find all the attendance areas by school. Click the following names to be directed to that school’s boundary map: Ballard High School, The Center School, McClure Middle School, John Hay Elementary School and Coe Elementary School.

This is of particular interest to kids living in Queen Anne and Magnolia, as neither neighborhood has a high school and many students who were unable to get into Ballard in years past have been bussed as far as Garfield, Roosevelt and Nathan Hale. According to the map, Ballard High School’s attendance area includes the whole of both Queen Anne and Magnolia, the cutoff in Ballard being NW 85th St.

As part of the Student Assignment Plan (.pdf) which was approved in June, the district was given the green light to draw boundaries around each school so students will know where he or she will go to elementary, middle and high school based on their address. There will be no more district-wide open enrollment to apply for schools.

To accommodate the new boundary map, the district wants to reopen five schools throughout the city, two of which closed as recently as two years ago. Of these, Old Hay on Queen Anne is on the list as an “option school” for grades K through 5. See the Seattle Times story for more details.

The district will hold several informational meetings throughout the city this month to hear feedback on the attendance areas and new boundary maps. The meeting for our area will be held on Monday, October 12 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at McClure Middle School (located at 1915 1st Ave W on the top of the hill). For a full list of meeting times and locations, click here.

The School Board will vote on the map on November 18th. The entire plan will be implemented in phases starting in the 2010-2011 school year.