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Readers keep asking about information and I'll try to put up as much as I can find.  Growth Boundaries website .  This page contains links to: P resentation to the Board Work Session on September 17 Handout from the Board Work Session on September 17 Maps from presentation (Note:  I have also searched but cannot find a map that I am told exists of current boundaries and proposed boundaries on one page.) Questions and answers from Community Meetings will be added to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page as quickly as possible.  Walk the Boundaries information and instructions Individual Attendance Area Walk the Boundaries maps (improved maps posted September 21) See the complete planning Timeline . Email comments to: GrowthBoundaries@seattleschools.org (Please put your school or topic in the subject line.) Growth Boundaries Maps page . Facilities Master Plan 2012 And I know some readers have asked for the very latest capacity ...

There was no press release on this from SPS so I checked and here's what's at the Growth Boundaries website on Walk the Boundaries (bold/color mine): "Community Input — Walk the Boundaries As part of the process, community members are invited to "Walk the Boundaries" and record their observations between September 18 and October 1, 2013. This provides a public, feet-on-the-ground review of the proposed boundaries. Partipants will drive or walk the attendance elementary school boundaries and provide feedback to the Growth Boundaries team. Your Participation For this project, please look for geographic barriers or local features that separate a specific area from the rest of the attendance area. IMPORTANT: These are not walk zone boundaries. You are being asked to review the proposed attendance area boundaries for the school. (The City of Seattle School Traffic Safety Advisory Committee, which includes the district's risk manager, establishes ...

 I would bookmark this SSCF page as it has a lot of boundary dates/meetings noted. Thanks to reader Kim for alerting me to this page .  Tracy Libros told the Board about this last night.  She updated the Board on this work including: - Growth Boundaries website - Work Session on this work next Tuesday the 25th from 4:30-6:30 pm.* - They are developing FAQs for this work - the Walk the Boundaries project is being worked on with help from parent volunteers (good for you, Tracy, for reaching out to willing parents) - They have a consultant working on Seattle housing changes to assist with projections. - Email comments to: GrowthBoundaries@seattleschools.org .    (Please put your school or topic in the subject line.) * There is also a Community Meeting on the Wilson-Pacific BEX IV projects that night at the Wilson-Pacific Seamat Center, 1330 N. 90th St. from 7:30-8:30 p.m. (it will go later if there are enough community questions).   ...