Growth Boundary Update

Hi all,

On Monday, September 26th, 100 parents came to Olympic View Elementary to hear about growth boundaries and the important details about grandfathering students and changes in bussing.

Since then, a small group of us have attended the district meetings, a Saturday open meeting with Rick Burke our local School Board Director, and have met personally with parents from the nearby schools of Olympic Hills, Sacajawea, John Rogers and Viewlands. We are a powerful coalition of parents who are asking for the same thing: a better plan, more grandfathering and smart boundaries based on up to date data. We can get a better plan for Olympic View and our region. Over 900 students are impacted by the proposed changes.

The district is considering delaying the vote and having a work session to review the plan. A work session is great in that the major decision makers are in a room together working on a regional plan versus a cluttered mess of amendments. But the district is just considering it. We need to push the district to make this extra effort.

A HUGE opportunity is this Wednesday, October 12th, at the school board meeting.

Here's what you can do:

SPEAK AT BOARD MEETING

We need 3 people who are willing to stand at the meeting and give a 2 minute or less statement about our opposition to this plan.

To get on the speaker list, you have to sign up at 8 am Monday morning (tomorrow). The sign up starts at 8 am and the list will fill within minutes.

At 5:30 pm on Wednesday at the board meeting, they start going through the list. You have to be there when it's your turn to speak.

If you are interested and can do this, e-mail kathleenzagers@msn.com for more information.

Help is available to write your statement and support you.

SEND THOSE LETTERS

Keep sending your story and letting the district know that they need to pause this plan, delay the vote and have a work session to review and revise the plan. A work session will allow all the important decision makers to come together, review facts and make a plan that is right for right now and moving forward.
E-mail growthboundaries@seattleschools.org and the schoolboard@seattleschools.org.

ATTEND THE MEETING

We need many people, as many as possible (kids ok!) to go to the district's main office on Wednesday evening/afternoon for the board meeting.

Leave North Seattle around 4:30 pm.

Be at meeting by 5:30 pm.

Meeting could last until 8 pm if you want to stay for the whole thing. It's not necessary to stay for the whole thing.

Do you work downtown? Could you come down to SODO at 5-ish?

Carpooling would be great.

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