The Seattle Public School Board will be voting this Wednesday, November 2, on amendments to the 2017-2018 growth boundaries proposal. Some of these amendments, including 5a and 5b, affect Olympic Hills and Cedar Park communities.
Amendment 5A – Approval of this item would amend the proposed 2017-18 Implementation Amendments to the 2013-20 Growth Boundaries plan in order to open the new Cedar Park Elementary site as an option school, rather than an attendance area school, establish a geozone for Cedar Park, retain area 88 in the attendance area for Olympic Hills, retain area 95 in the attendance area for John Rogers, provide focused district support for new school visioning and community engagement prior to and during the open enrollment process, and place a high priority on mitigation spending for the new Cedar Park Elementary until the earlier of the first two years of operation are completed or until enrollment reached 80% of capacity. (Directors Burke, Geary, Pinkham)
Amendment 5B – Approval of this item would amend the proposed 2017-18 Implementation Amendments to the 2013-20 Growth Boundaries plan in order to open the new Cedar Park Elementary site as a Kindergarten roll-up attendance area school, allowing current students at John Rogers and Olympic Hills to remain at those schools, and direct staff to initiate a community planning process to determine a curricular focus for an option school at Cedar Park Elementary starting in the 2018-19 school year and provide the Board recommendations by September 2017 for this transition. (Directors Burke, Geary, Pinkham)
See the entire agenda here: https://www.seattleschools.org/cms/one.aspx…
If you would like to voice your thoughts, and we need them, please email OlympicHillsPTA@gmail.com. CONFUSED? We’re working on translating this into something people can understand – stay tuned!