A community meeting has been organized by Seattle Public Schools to provide locals with more information about the expansion of Loyal Heights Elementary. The meeting is set for this Thursday, March 12, from 6:30 – 8 p.m. in the Loyal Heights Elementary cafeteria.
Loyal Heights Elementary is set to undergo a major expansion starting in 2016 to accommodate the increasing demand of the local growing population. The school is set to expand its current capacity of 450 students to approximately 660 students and must rearrange physical attributes of the school in order to do so.
As reported previously by the My Ballard team, a group of parents, friends and neighbors from the Loyal Heights Elementary community have banded together to try and save the fate of the playground on the school grounds.
“While many of the proposed changes will be of great benefit to our expanding student body, we are concerned that the building plans include a severe reduction in outdoor play space,” writes Loyal Heights parent Katie Kaku.
During Thursday’s meeting, representatives from the District’s Capital Projects and Planning team and the Architect will present initial design concepts for the modernization and new additions.
“The project will construct core support spaces – gymnasium, lunchroom, library etc. – sized appropriately to support that enrollment figure per the District’s current Educational Specifications for a 660-seat elementary school,” says Tom Redman from Seattle Public Schools.
All are welcome to attend the meeting.
