High Quality Instruction and Learning for Every Child, Every Day in Every Classroom
Oct. 2015
District’s plan to provide more quality learning space and build new elementary school to go to voters in Feb. 2016 civic economic developers and planners, staff, and others, recently completed work to propose building a new elementary school at the site of Sartori Education Center in north Renton. Also included in the proposal are school building improvement projects that were recommended by principals and school staff earlier this year. Renton School Board members will place a school construction measure, along with an expiring Education Maintenance and Operations levy, on the ballot for voter consideration on Feb. 9, 2016.
Hundreds of new students entered Renton schools last month at the start of the new school year. The additional students are part of a years-long trend of more families leaving the high cost of living in Seattle and surrounding neighborhoods for affordable life in Renton and other South Sound cities. The welcomed improvement in Renton’s local economy also brings more jobs and businesses as families move into the area for good schools, city amenities and quality of life. The great majority of the new students this year entered elementary schools, specifically in grades 1-5, which continues to increase student populations at all elementary schools across the district. The district has a plan
to ease crowded schools and provide all students with equitable and quality learning spaces for decades to come.
After reviewing area growth and student enrollment projections for the next 10 years, a committee of community members, city/
Read more about the proposal and see photos of the proposed site and student growth data at the district’s website www.rentonschools.us.
Community has opportunity to help name new middle school Thanks to overwhelming voter support of the 2012 "Building for a Lifetime of Learning" school construction bond measure, Renton School District is building a new fourth middle school at the site of the old Hazelwood Elementary School in the northern end of the district in Newcastle. The new school will help with the continued growth in our district as families and businesses continue to move into Renton for great schools, city amenities, and wonderful quality of life. Renton citizens and families have an opportunity to help name the new middle
school through a short, four-question survey. Deadline for entry is Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. Those wishing to submit naming options should also provide evidence and/ or an explanation of why the name is significant and should be considered.
• The use of names of living persons will be avoided unless the circumstances warrant an exception. • The names of key supporting organizations may be used.
Other criteria include: • A nominated name will be widely known to, and significant to, the community. • The names submitted will not conflict nor cause confusion with the names of other facilities in the district or surrounding districts.
A committee comprised of community members, parents and school staff will meet over the next few months to review nominations to present to the Renton School Board, who will make the naming decision early in 2016. Submit your name for consideration at the district’s website www.rentonschools.us.