You have till Tuesday evening to mail in your ballot in the Seattle School District Levies election:
If the Capitol Levy (Proposition 2) passes, the School District has plans for Meany School:
Meany Middle School: Modernize and re-purpose. ($14.5M)
The existing building would be modernized. It was originally built as a junior high school and would be reopened as a comprehensive middle school. This project will address current and projected middle school enrollment growth in central Seattle and reduce overcrowding at Washington Middle School.
I suspect many neighbors of Meany School will be interested in the design process for the school. Our School Board member (Kay Smith-Blum) suggests that we attend her next community meeting: Saturday February 16th, 10 – 11:30 AM at the Capitol Hill Library, where she can share information about the new Meany School.
I raised the possibility of a specific neighborhood meeting about the project, perhaps as a Miller Park Neighborhood Association meeting. She noted that they will be convening a building team in March, and that would be a good time for us to get involved and that she could help arrange a meeting.
Please contact me ([email protected]) if you would like to be involved in the Meany School planning process, and please share this with other interested neighbors.
[…] In the coming weeks, expect one more important public school issue in the area to be the subject of increased attention. With the approval of February’s school levy, it’s full steam ahead on creating a new middle school on the 19th Ave Meany campus. […]