It’s School Tour Season

If you have a child entering elementary, middle, or high school in September, this is the time of year to attend information nights and take tours. We’re gathering dates and details for you as our local schools make announcements.

Seattle Public School District Releases the Final BEX IV Levy Environmental Impact Statement

SPS releases their Final EIS for the BEX IV Levy which includes all of the comments received by the District and their responses. Read More …

Proposed New School at Thornton Creek Elementary, A Brief History (Part 1)

A brief history of the BEX IV Levy Proposal to put a new school on the Thornton Creek Elementary site. Plus, we clarify our decision to not take a position on the issue. Read More …

REMINDER: School Capacity Meeting Tonight, 6PM at Eckstein

The School District is hosting a community meeting tonight (11/29) from 6PM-7:30PM at Eckstein Middle School to discuss their capacity management planning. Let us know if you plan on live-tweeting from the meeting so we can follow along. Read More …

Wedgwood Areas Schools Are Some of the Best!

The Seattle School District recently released the report card for all of the schools within the district.  All of the schools were scored 1-5 (1 the lowest and 5 the highest) based on a multi-faceted scoring system that looks at absolute performance and growth performance, not just test scores.  Schools that were scored a 5 had a high absolute performance and high growth performance.  In total, 12 schools received this honor including Thornton Creek, Wedgwood, and View Ridge. That means 40% of the top schools are right here in the Wedgwood-area! Due to these high rankings, Wedgwood-area schools will have Read More …