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New school boundary maps approved

November 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Just after 11 p.m. last night, the Seattle School Board unanimously approved the new boundary maps which will change the way Seattle children are placed in schools. The vote stretched into the night as directors added amendments to the plan, slightly adjusting boundaries here and there. For Queen Anne, the boundaries remain the same from last round of changes. Under the new plan Queen Anne and Magnolia residents, who up until this point have not had a designated high school, will be within the Ballard High School assignment area, a point which has been controversial for many Ballard residents who live past the north boundary at 85th St. and will now be sent to Ingraham.

“Many families would’ve liked to have seen the boundary for Ballard to be further north than 85th St., especially those communities, North Beach, Blue Ridge, Olympic Manor, which now largely attend Ballard High School,” explained Seattle Schools Director Peter Maier. “I wish it would’ve been possible…but there simply isn’t the capacity at Ballard High School to do that while we’re serving the entire city.” The updated maps and address look-up tool will be available here by next week.

From here, a transitional plan will be developed, taking into consideration sibling grandfathering, transportation and educational programs for schools that will reopen, like Old Hay, which is slated to reopen as a K-5 Montessori option school in fall 2010 at Lincoln for an interim period while they prepare the school to reopen under a new name in 2011.



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