Potential School Closures within SPS

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To our Sacajawea Community:

Yesterday, SPS announced its two proposed options for school closures via its website. We learned the difficult news that Sacajawea Elementary is one of many Seattle schools on the list for potential closures and consolidations. What does this mean for Sacajawea? Below is what we can tell from the website. 

Option A Proposal:

  • Sacajawea is closed

  • Our zone is broken into two sections

  • Top (purple) of our current boundary is rezoned to Hazel Wolf

  • Bottom (light green) is rezoned to Olympic View

Option B Proposal:

  • Sacajawea stays open; however our boundaries are reduced

  • Top dashed area (blue) of our current zone is rezoned to Olympic Hills; Bottom dashed area (light green) is rezoned to Olympic View

  • No mention of rebuild

We will send out more information as we learn about the legally mandated community meetings, public comment, and SPS School Board voting timelines. To stay informed, please ensure you are on our PTA email list. Please also reach out to us at chair@sacpta.org if you have information to share or questions. 

Let’s remember that Sacajawea’s potential closure or adjusted boundaries will greatly impact our students. Please center your children when you discuss closures and consolidations. This is a very big and scary issue for many of our learners and our community as a whole. We also ask that we give our teaching staff grace as they’re also being significantly impacted by these proposed changes. 

In solidarity,

Heather Platisha & Tiffany Elliott

Co-chairs, Sacajawea Elementary PTA