The Shoreline Public Schools Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution placing a bond proposition on the February 14, 2017 special election ballot to consider a $250 million school construction bond that will allow the school district to:
- Alleviate elementary overcrowding and reduce class sizes;
- Provide learning environments to support student achievement;
- Expand and enhance early learning opportunities
- Design new buildings to enhance school safety and security, and
- Capture an estimated 10 percent state match.
- Projects to be completed if the bond passes include:
- Constructing an Early Learning Center at the Shoreline Children’s Center site to house tuition-based preschool, Head Start and Early Childhood Education
- Rebuilding Einstein Middle School
- Rebuilding Kellogg Middle School
- Rebuilding Parkwood Elementary School
The Board made its decision based on a study completed by the Facilities Planning Committee (FPC), consisting of parents, staff and community members, over the past year. The committee thoroughly reviewed each facility’s building condition report, which ranks the facility’s structure, systems and safety components, as well as demographic studies projecting future enrollment growth. The FPC also heard reports and recommendations from the Instructional Program Planning Committee (IPPC), which reviewed the district’s current instructional programs and configurations.
Superintendent Rebecca Miner will be sharing information about the bond proposal on:
- Nov. 15, 2016 at 7 p.m. at Shoreline Center Board Room (18560 1st Ave. NE) *Spanish, Amharic, Korean, Tigrinya and Vietnamese interpreters will be available at the Nov. 15 meeting
- Nov. 29, 2016 at 7 p.m. at Richmond Beach Library (19601 21st Ave. NW)
- Dec. 1, 2016 at 7 p.m. at Lake Forest Park Library (17171 Bothell Way NE)
Other presentations are currently being scheduled for community groups and organizations. For more information, please visit our Bond Information webpage at: www.shorelineschools.org/bond or on the Vote Yes for Shoreline Schools Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/voteyesforshorelineschools/