Seattle School Board Seeks Input on Director Redistricting

 Dear SPS families and staff,  

Seattle Public Schools (SPS) is updating Seattle School Board director districts and we want your input. To understand the communities’ priorities for redistricting, we are collecting community feedback.   

Video: What is redistricting?  

SPS is currently redrawing the boundaries of existing School Board director districts. This process will not impact where students go to school. Director district boundaries are different from school attendance area boundaries.  

Share your thoughts on director districts!  

Recently, the school board made updates to the proposed director districts based on community input. The board is still gathering feedback from the community and wants to hear from you.  

We encourage community members to continue to share their thoughts via Let’s Talk. The Board will take final action on the proposed director districts following a public hearing during the Wednesday, Oct. 26 school board meeting.

What are School Board Director Districts?  

Director districts are the seven geographic areas in Seattle that school board directors must live in. Map of the seven director districts  

Every 10 years, SPS must redraw these districts to make sure each includes a nearly equal number of people. SPS uses data from the 2020 U.S. Census to determine director district boundaries.  

Additional information is available on the SPS website. 

We look forward to your response.  

Sincerely,  

School Board Office  
Seattle Public Schools 



Comments

Anonymous said…
Why is this school board redistricting an issue anybody should care about? School board does almost nothing to begin with except sooth their goody 2 shoes rebel reformer mythology. All the driving is really done by the prosperous middle management caste and their cadre of corporate overlords and consultants, with frequent new royalty superintendents appearing every 2 to 3 years. The school board is a Democratic fig leaf over an existing feudal system. The serfs and teaching vassals matter not so much. Neither does the school board. How can slight shifts in the boundary lines make any difference to that basic governance issue.

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