Meeting on Pinehurst School Plans

Seattle Public Schools to host a community meeting on:

Jane Addams K-8 @ Pinehurst BEX IV Project
Date: Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Time: 7:00–8:30 p.m.
Location: Jane Addams Building, 11051 – 34th Ave NE

Seattle voters approved the Seattle Public Schools Building Excellence IV (BEX IV) Capital Levy in February 2013, which includes the project to replace the existing Pinehurst building with a newly constructed building for the Jane Addams K-8 School on the Pinehurst site.

The meeting will be presented by representatives of Seattle Public Schools’ Capital Projects Team and the architect, and will include information about the project’s early design progress. You will be able to learn more about the project scope, schedule, and design explorations, and ask questions.

For more information, please visit: http://bex.seattleschools.org.

As background, SPS is planning to relocate the environmental science-focused K-8 program that is currently located in the Jane Addams building to a new building at the site of Pinehurst School, to allow for a new comprehensive middle school in the Jane Addams building.  The estimated capacity of this new building will be approximated 700 students.  The capacity of the current Pinehurst building is roughly 250 (with about 150 students currently enrolled).  This will be a rather large building on a very small parcel of land (a little over 3 acres). The upcoming meeting will be focused on the design of the new building.  We are not sure if they will get into what (if any) traffic/street modifications will be necessary in order to support the increase in student population at the site.