tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post8813592274470619049..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Last BEX Update for the School YearMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-51603192141680591582011-06-20T21:15:07.841-07:002011-06-20T21:15:07.841-07:00wsnorth said...
"Fairmount Park needs to be ...wsnorth said... <br />"Fairmount Park needs to be reopened ASAP as an option school. Montessori, Language immersion, or both."<br /><br />WSNorth- Caution with that wish about language immersion- In Board work sessions and on powerpoints, the district has a goal of 2 elementary immersion school "paths" for each middle school. Denny has only one so far- Concorde. <br /><br />Fairmount as a language immersion option school might ease the overcrowding pressure for north end WS elementary schools, but it would lead to more overcrowding in Denny/Sealth (already with waitlists) and further undermine the artificial underenrollment issues that the Board and the District themselves have created in Madison/WSHS. <br /><br />Fairmount as an option school (whatever the focus) must feed into Madison/WSHS or it will create more potential problems for the long term for all West Seattle students.SPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12726295210572942506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-2656563774215822792011-06-20T12:33:43.382-07:002011-06-20T12:33:43.382-07:00I had the exact same reaction to Garfield vs. Roos...I had the exact same reaction to Garfield vs. Roosevelt when I saw it (I went to RHS and my wife went to GHS, so we attended both of the grand re-opening shindigs). The hallways at Garfield seem narrow and dark. I think the ceilings are lower, but that could just be my imagination.wavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471145528737924233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-53563975453301846582011-06-19T22:54:15.376-07:002011-06-19T22:54:15.376-07:00It takes time to get that kind of program together...It takes time to get that kind of program together. If the district need a new school, they can probably just get it together enough to open the building and maybe some program will come after that.<br /><br />As Viewlands, Sandpoint or Rainier View; I'm sure they would have liked a program attached to their reopened buildings as well.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-87213362215552626752011-06-19T22:33:30.464-07:002011-06-19T22:33:30.464-07:00Fairmount Park needs to be reopened ASAP as an opt...Fairmount Park needs to be reopened ASAP as an option school. Montessori, Language immersion, or both.wsnorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795943009142572757noreply@blogger.com