Actions for 2014-15 outlined; all attendance boundaries to be reviewed
Redmond, Wash. – Lake Washington School District outlined today the specific actions it will take over the next year and beyond to accommodate its rapidly growing enrollment. The total number of students served by the district grew by over 1,600 in the last two years, more than any other King County school district. An increase of approximately 4,000 students is expected over eight years.
The district proposed two bond measures this year, in February and April, to provide funding to build new schools. Neither measure gained the supermajority (60%) needed to pass although both received a majority of votes.
“We have a number of actions planned for next year, many of which would have been needed no matter the outcome of the bond measures,” noted Dr. Traci Pierce, superintendent. “However, without the potential of new school buildings in two years, we will also have to determine additional actions for the future.”
The actions planned for 2014-15 include:
· Continue the temporary boundary adjustment between Rosa Parks and Wilder Elementary Schools
· Implement the planned temporary boundary for new housing developments involving Rockwell, Einstein & Mann Elementary Schools
· Begin a district-wide process to review and adjust all school attendance boundaries, for implementation in 2015-16
· Add four portable classrooms each at Mann and Wilder Elementary Schools, and add two at Redmond Elementary School
· Limit All Day Kindergarten sections as needed
· Move Rockwell Elementary School’s preschool to another location
· Move the Mead Elementary Learning Center program for special education students to McAuliffe Elementary School
· Begin a new Quest program for gifted students at Blackwell Elementary School, serving students who would previously have gone to Alcott Elementary School for Quest
· Send Sammamish area students entering middle school Quest in 2014-15 to Evergreen Middle School instead of Redmond Middle School
· Limit variance approvals at all levels
· Modify facilities at Redmond and Evergreen Middle Schools to increase capacity Read More>>