Frequently Asked Questions
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This page contains answers to frequently asked questions. It is updated as new information becomes available. To view an FAQ topic, please click on one of the links below. If you cannot find the answer to a specific question, please send an e-mail message to newassign@seattleschools.org. While the volume of e-mail prevents us from guaranteeing an individual response, we will post answers to new questions on our FAQ pages regularly. |
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| Background & History | Input & Feedback | |
| Advanced Learning - Updated 10/30/09 | International Schools | |
| Bilingual Education | Montessori Schools | |
| Boundaries - Updated 11/18/09 | Opening Buildings - Updated 10/30/09 | |
| Capacity - NEW! 10/20/09 | Option Schools - Updated 10/30/09 | |
| Choice - Updated 11/18/09 | Southeast Education Initiative | |
| Diversity | Special Education | |
| Enrollment Process - Updated 10/20/09 | Tiebreakers - Updated 10/30/09 | |
| Equity | Transportation - Updated 10/30/09 | |
| Grandfathering - Updated 10/3/09 | School Types & Terminology | |
| Implementation - Updated 10/30/09 | ||
Seattle Public Schools has a five-year strategic plan to achieve
academic excellence at every school. An important component of this
plan is a new student assignment process that is equitable,
predictable, and easy for families to understand—as well as
one that is feasible for the District to implement and
maintain.
The School Board adopted a framework to guide the development of a
new student assignment plan that would consider factors such as
equitable access to programs and services, offer opportunities for
school choice, foster diversity, support stronger family engagement
with schools, be easy to understand, provide predictability and
continuity for families, and be feasible and cost effective to
implement and to sustain over time.
Over the past year, we have worked with the community to determine
how to best meet these goals. Some can be achieved through the
design of a new student assignment plan; others can be met through
decisions about academic programs.
A proposed new student assignment plan was submitted to the School
Board in March 2009. Community meetings and work sessions with the
Board to gather input were then held. The Board voted to approve
the plan on June 17, 2009 with implementation of the plan to be
phased in beginning with grades K, 6, and 9 in the 2010-11 school
year. It will take several years to complete the implementation of
the new student assignment plan.
Proposed attendance area boundary maps were presented to the School Board on October 6, 2009. Following that presentation, we gathered community feedback. Thousands of people attended community meetings and sent comments via e-mail, postal mail, comment cards, and an online survey. To read these comments, or a high-level summary of them, please click here.
Recommended maps were presented by Seattle Public Schools staff to the Seattle School Board on November 3, 2009. The maps will be formally introduced on November 4. A public hearing on the maps is set for November 9 and a School Board vote for November 18. You can give testimony at public meetings and hearings; to learn how to sign up to testify, please click here.
Recommended maps were presented by Seattle Public Schools staff to the Seattle School Board on November 3, 2009. The maps will be formally introduced on November 4. A public hearing on the maps is set for November 9 and a School Board vote for November 18. You can give testimony at public meetings and hearings; to learn how to sign up to testify, please click here.
