Comments on: School Board to vote on school boundaries today

By: super v

super v — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:11:17 +0000

Ingraham is a great school. They have the IB program, which is highly sought after–and which many students commute to (when we lived in Columbia City, we had a babysitter from Seward Park who drove to Ingraham for the IB program).

The neighborhood around the school is fine. We've been taking lessons at the Madison Pool rather than Ballard Pool so spent a good part of our summer hanging out at the Madison Pool and around the high school grounds. No problems with any of the kids there.

The flabbergasting issue for me is the transportation. It is ridiculous that kids will face 1 – 1 :45 minutes commutes *each* direction. Clearly, parents and students who have these ridiculous commutes will have to come up with carpooling groups or other options.

By: Fencemore

Fencemore — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:37:53 +0000

The bus ride is 15 miniutes to Ballard or an hour to Ingraham. When I go to
” that neighborhood” I carry a gun and will do something about it if needed. I have not seen hookers, drug dealers, and sleazy motels or a state Highway in Crown Hill . Perhaps you know of these things going on on Crown hill. I do not. If that is your neighborhood you should ” try and do something about it.”
It sounds like Curious works for the school district doing damage control.

By: super v

super v — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:24:47 +0000

Blargh. I realized, too late, that the board meetings are probably televised. (They are, on channel 26.) I missed all the public comment on New Assignment Plans and came on right as people started talking about Hayes/Sharples issue.

Maria Goodloe Johnson is speaking now. Looking forward (hopefully) to coverage on the meeting.

By: DevStar

DevStar — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:21:21 +0000

“hookers, drug dealers, and sleazy motels” — this is Ingraham's new internship program. While Ingraham isn't a bad school now… watch it really become a “High” School over the next few years.

By: curious

curious — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:44:35 +0000

Perhaps you should get involved with “your neighborhood” and try to do something about the hookers, drug dealers, and sleazy motels.

By: curious

curious — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:39:16 +0000

Completely out of your neigborhood? Google maps says 2.8 miles vs. 2.1 miles. .7 mile difference depending on your address.

By: Fencemore

Fencemore — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:15:03 +0000

We live by the Holman road QFC. So lets see I could put my son on the # 28 bus straight down 8th. AVE. NW. TO 65TH. and he could walk 7 blocks and be there, or he could take a bus up Holman Road to Aurora and transfer up past the hookers and drug dealers and Sleezy motels on a busy state highway. No way would I do that. Ingram is completly out of our neighborhood.

By: Name

Name — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:58:27 +0000

Bus hubs, now that is a good idea! With increasing costs in metro passes (and no increase in the quality of the service received) it might even be more economical for SDS. I saw an article not too long ago that some school districts are going back to yellow busses because they can provide it to students at a lower cost/month.

By: mamaC

mamaC — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:48:00 +0000

Metro is not interested – can't afford it. There will likely be bus hubs with shuttles (yellow busses) for those who would otw have the nasty metro ride.

By: super_v

super_v — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:50:36 +0000

Good luck to our friends north of 85th who will either have a 1:45 hour and multi-transfer bus ride or an 11 minute bus ride.

Does anyone at SPS liason with Metro??

By: h2o_girl

h2o_girl — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:43:27 +0000

Your map is actually the first version of the high school boundaries. It has since been revised – Roosevelt's northern boundary is now at 85th, its eastern boundary extends to Greenwood Ave, etc.

By: Alysse

Alysse — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:30:50 +0000

I live just North of 85th, so my son will start at a different high school (Ingraham) in 2011 than my daughter who started at Ballard this year. I think my daughter is relieved ;)

By: Theravadist

Theravadist — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:15:23 +0000

I, for one, welcome our new Queen Anne and Magnolia overlords.

By: Boatgeek

Boatgeek — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:05:05 +0000

A quick schedule comment–the regular Board meeting starts at 6:00. Between 4:30 and 6:00 is an executive session which isn't open to the public.