Assignment Plan approved, boundaries to be drawn

The Seattle School Board has approved the final recommendations for the Student Assignment Plan, which will determine where a student attends school based on their home address. Parents have voiced concern that the boundary lines will force some Ballard high school-aged students to Ingraham while Magnolia and Queen Anne students will be assigned to Ballard. Public comment will be heard in the fall when the boundary lines are presented to the public. As part of the final plan, the School Board also approved an amendment to address the grandfathering of siblings as part of a transition plan to be developed by the district, “provided that doing so is feasible and does not displace incoming attendance area kindergarten students,” the district press release says.