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Facing a $37.1 million dollar budget shortfall, the Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools announced her updated plans for school closures: Summit K-12 will shut its doors entirely, rather than moving to Rainier as had been previously discussed, and Cleveland High School and Rainier Beach High School will merge. Superintendent Goodloe-Johnson's presentation from last night's meeting can be found online here [pdf], and here's the summary [pdf] of what will probably be final recommendations for closures. Someone (or a group of someones, more likely) is bound to be unhappy about whatever solution is suggested, but we're concerned about the gap left by the Summit closure in alternative, arts-friendly education in our district.
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My younger brother recently attempted to switch from the Bellevue School District to the Seattle School District after moving to Queen Anne with my father. The problem is that he is a senior with an IEP or "Individualized Education Plan". After being notified that Ballard High School could not accomodate a student in his situation, he was told his only options were Summit or Rainier (both school approximately 1 1/2 + hours away). Why couldn't Ballard accomodate? With the elimination of Summit, are all students in his situation to routed to Rainier and what happens when that school is unable to accomodate IEP students? (He ended up staying at Robinswood an alternative high school in Bellevue because the commute was shorter there than to Rainier Beach!)
additionally, why the choice to combine rainier beach and cleveland?
I'm not sure about the rerouting, whomsRU, but I'll try to find more information for you. The combining of Cleveland and Rainier Beach High Schools has to do with the sizes of the schools, it's my understanding that they are the two smallest.