Options
Well-Resourced Schools Planning and Recommendations
The System of Well-Resourced Schools initiative aims to stabilize and improve our schools. This plan begins with our schools that serve our preschool through 5th grade students.
Our primary responsibility is to create schools that are equitable and excellent, ensuring that we operate within our resources to maintain the stability and health of our district for the future. We believe that high-quality instruction includes creating schools that are culturally responsive and provide inclusion of all students in meaningful ways. (SPS Board Policy 0010).
Options Under Consideration
SPS is creating two alternative models/scenarios as the district works to stabilize and improve our school system.
Proposed Option A
Proposed Option B
Approximate Deficit Reduction
Option A: Approximate $31.5 million budget reduction
Option B: Approximate $25.5 million budget reduction (Approximately $6 million will need to be offset with other budget cuts)
| School Size | Current # of schools | Option A # of schools | Option B # of schools |
| 150 or Below | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 150-199 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 200-249 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 250-299 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| 300-349 | 16 | 6 | 8 |
| 350-399 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| 400-449 | 6 | 11 | 14 |
| 450-499 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 500+ | 1 | 13 | 10 |
Proposal A includes 52 schools (21 closing) and creates system of attendance area elementary schools (no K-8 or option elementary schools). Students in grades 6-8 who currently attend K-8 schools will be served at their attendance area middle schools.
- Savings: $31.5 million
- 52 elementary schools (21 closing)
- Transition to attendance area elementary schools (no K-8 or option elementary schools).
See Option A schools below:
Visit the Criteria, Data, and Analysis webpage to see the work informing these proposals.
Draft interactive boundary change tool for Proposed Option A.
Northwest Schools that Remain Open: Loyal Heights, Whittier, Adams, Viewlands, James Baldwin, Greenwood, Cascadia, Daniel Bagley, John Stanford, McDonald, B.F. Day, West Woodland
- Closing: Licton Springs K-8, Salmon Bay K-8, North Beach, Broadview-Thomson K-8
- School Type Changes: John Stanford, McDonald, and Cascadia become attendance area schools
Northeast Schools that Remain Open: Olympic Hills, Hazel Wolf, Olympic View, John Rogers, Wedgwood, Thornton Creek, Bryant, View Ridge, Sand Point
- Closing: Green Lake, Decatur, Sacajawea, Cedar Park, Laurelhurst
- School Type Changes: Thornton Creek Elementary becomes an attendance area school, Hazel Wolf K-8 becomes an attendance area K-5 school; while Laurelhurst building serves as interim site for Sand Point
Central Schools that Remain Open: Lawton, Magnolia, Coe, Queen Anne, Montlake, Lowell, Leschi, Madrona, Bailey Gatzert, Thurgood Marshall, Kimball, John Muir
- Closing: Catharine Blaine K-8, John Hay, McGilvra, Stevens, TOPS K-8
- School Type Changes: Queen Anne Elementary becomes an attendance area school
Southeast Schools that Remain Open: Beacon Hill, Maple, Dearborn Park, Rising Star, Hawthorne, MLK Jr., Wing Luke, South Shore, Emerson
- Closing: Orca K-8, Graham Hill, Dunlap, Rainier View
- School Type Changes: South Shore PreK-8 becomes an attendance area K-5 school
Southwest Operating Schools: Alki, Genesee Hill, Fairmount Park, Pathfinder, Gatewood, West Seattle, Roxhill, Highland Park, Concord, Arbor Heights
- Closing: Lafayette, Boren STEM K-8, Sanislo
- School Type Changes: Pathfinder K-8 becomes an attendance area K-5 school
Proposal B includes 56 schools (17 closing) and creates a system of attendance area elementary schools and one option K-8 school in each region.
- Savings: $25.5 million
- 56 schools elementary and K-8 schools (17 closing)
- Keeps an option K-8 school in each region
- Reduce the budget using other strategies including staffing reductions
See Option B schools below:
Visit the Criteria, Data, and Analysis webpage to see the work informing these proposals.
Draft interactive boundary change tool for Proposed Option B.
Northwest Schools that Remain Open: Loyal Heights, Whittier, Adams, Salmon Bay K-8 (option school), Viewlands, James Baldwin, Greenwood, Cascadia, Daniel Bagley, John Stanford Int’l School, McDonald, B.F. Day, West Woodland
- Closing: Licton Springs K-8, North Beach, Broadview-Thomson K-8
- School Type Changes: John Stanford, McDonald, and Cascadia become attendance area schools
Northeast Schools that Remain Open: Olympic Hills, Hazel Wolf K-8 (option), Olympic View, John Rogers, Sacajawea, Wedgwood, Thornton Creek, Bryant, View Ridge, Sand Point
- Closing: Green Lake, Decatur, Cedar Park, Laurelhurst
- School Type Changes: Thornton Creek becomes an attendance area school. Laurelhurst building serves as interim site for Sand Point
Central Schools that Remain Open: Lawton, Magnolia, Coe, Queen Anne, Montlake, Lowell, TOPS K-8 (option), Leschi, Madrona, Bailey Gatzert, Kimball, John Muir
- Closing: Catharine Blaine K-8, John Hay, McGilvra, Stevens, Thurgood Marshall
- School Type Changes: Queen Anne Elementary becomes attendance area school
Southeast Schools that Remain Open: Beacon Hill, Maple, Dearborn Park, Rising Star, Hawthorne, MLK Jr., Wing Luke, South Shore PreK-8 (option), Emerson, Dunlap
- Closing: Orca K-8, Graham Hill, Rainier View
Southwest Schools that Remain Open: Alki, Genesee Hill, Fairmount Park, Lafayette, Pathfinder K-8 (option), Gatewood, West Seattle Elementary, Roxhill, Highland Park, Concord, Arbor Heights
- Closing: Louisa Boren K-8, Sanislo