Seattle Schools Announces High School Community Meetings
Update from Capital Programs:
These meetings do not include information about specific programs nor services at any of our high schools.
end of update
From SPS:
For more information about Educational Specifications Design Standards, please click on the following link: https://goo.gl/g1MBmc
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I'll just point out that the meeting on Lincoln last week in that building's library was overflowing. It's good that two meetings have auditoriums; it would seem better to have the Ingraham meeting in a bigger space.
These meetings do not include information about specific programs nor services at any of our high schools.
end of update
From SPS:
Community Meetings to be held on
Educational Specifications Design Standards
Seattle
Public Schools will present three community meetings on Educational
Specifications Design Standards for high schools. District staff will
share information and ask for public input and feedback. Architects base
school designs on a predefined set of guidelines that set space
requirements for elementary, middle, and high schools to create the best
schools possible. With the new design process, each school has more
flexibility in adapting the design to fit the needs of its learning
community.
The meetings will take place:
· Wednesday, November 9, 7:00-8:30 p.m., Rainier Beach High School Performing Arts Center, 8815 Seward Park South. Interpreters present: Spanish, Somali, Vietnamese. Chinese, Amharic and Tigrigna
· Thursday, November 10, 7:00-8:30 p.m., Ingraham High School Library, 1819 N. 135th Street. Interpreters present: Spanish, Somali and Vietnamese
· Tuesday, November 15, 7:00-8:30 p.m., Lincoln High School auditorium, 4400 Interlake Ave. N. Interpreters present: Spanish, Somali and Vietnamese
End of district announcement
I'll just point out that the meeting on Lincoln last week in that building's library was overflowing. It's good that two meetings have auditoriums; it would seem better to have the Ingraham meeting in a bigger space.
Comments
And do the core24 requirements impact what we need in the way of facilities, in which case do we also know how we're going to deal with the 24-credit requirement?
why now?
why now?
- KT
NW Mom
-a wondering parent
This could perhaps be solved by both Seattle Parks and Seattle School District. So, I recommend others write as well if they are concerned. I wrote the mayor but perhaps there are others that I should have contacted?
It would make sense to have sample master schedules that could be used with the building ed specs. Without a master schedule, it is just a bunch of homerooms without the context of how a high school works.
If there aren't sample master schedules, then the next best thing would be to have an inventory of the other comprehensive high schools and how their budding operates. A document that is similar to the one used for elementary schools would be helpful, with a corresponding inventory to the ed specs.
http://www.seattleschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_543/File/District/Departments/Capital%20Projects%20and%20Planning/Capacity/task_force_meetings/School%20Space%20and%20Capacity%20V3.pdf
why now?