Friday, October 4, 2013

Title 1, Beacon Hill Schools Losing Most Walk Zones (with Table and Downloadable Spreadsheet)

For the last week I've been considering how the Seattle Public Schools' new boundary proposal affects school walk zones throughout the city, with special attention on equity for our Title 1 (low-income) schools. Below is a table representing my findings about which neighborhood grade schools would lose "walk zones" -- SPS's own designated areas where children can and should safely walk to their local school. By "losing their walk zone," I mean that children who live within the walk zone for their local school would be reassigned to schools that the city and district believe are too far and/or unsafe for them to walk.

Here's what I've found:

--Citywide, 28% of Title 1 (low-income) schools are losing walk zones, compared to 12% of non-Title 1 schools.

--Under the new proposal, 67% of Beacon Hill schools would lose official SPS walk zones, compared to 13% for the rest of the city.

--All of the Beacon Hill schools losing walk zones are Title 1 (low-income) schools.

--Beacon Hill is the only neighborhood where kids would be taken out of walk zones to cross interstate-feeding arterials, or, in the case of Beacon Hill International, I-90 itself.

Based on my review of the data (presented below), these are the neighborhood grade schools where families will be losing their walk zones:

• Maple (Title 1)
• Beacon Hill International (Title 1)
• Dearborn Park (Title 1)
• Graham Hill (Title 1)
• Kimball (Title 1)
• Northgate (Title 1)
• Roxhill (Title 1)
• BF Day
• Green Lake
• John Stanford
• North Beach

P.S. Please comment below if I have gotten anything wrong. The district makes it extremely difficult to understand how the boundaries are changing (the changes are not overlaid on the maps). Also, the new maps do not include walk zones. I did the best I could to parse all the data. Thank you!

Here is the below information in a downloadable spreadsheet.

Schools Keeping or Losing Walk Zones:
Neighborhood Grade SchoolLosing walk zone?Title 1 SchoolCity of Seattle School Walk RouteCurrent Map w/ Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapNotes
AdamsNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapLost Adams walk zone would become part of Loyal Heights walk zone
AlkiNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapAlki retains its walk zone
Arbor HeightsNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapArbor Heights retains its walk zone
BagleyNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapBagley retains its walk zone
Bailey GatzertNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapGatzert retains its walk zone.
Beacon Hill IntlLosing walk zoneTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapBeacon Hill families in D6 of the Thurgood Marshall growth map would be forced out of the Beacon Hill walk zone to be bussed to Thurgood Marshall..
BF DayLosing walk zoneNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapBF Day students in east Wallingford will lose their walk zone and need to be bussed to Green Lake
BlaineNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapBlaine retains its walk zone.
Broadview Thomson K-8NoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapBTK8 families moved into Viewlands would be in the Viewlands walk zone.
BryantNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapNorth Bryant families would be in the walk zone for Wedgwood
Cedar ParkNoNoN/AN/AProposed Growth MapCedar Park not yet open
CoeNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapCoe retains its walk zone.
Concord IntlNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapConcord Int'l retains its walk zone.
Dearborn ParkLosing walk zoneTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkN/ADearborn Park would become an option school, and its entire attendance zone would be bussed to Van Asselt.
DunlapNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapDunlap retains its walk zone.
EmersonNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapEmerson retains its walk zone
Fairmount ParkNoNoN/AN/AProposed Growth MapFairmount Park not yet open
GatewoodNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapGatewood families who would be moved to Fairmount Park would be much closer to Fairmount Park than Gatewood
Graham HillLosing walk zoneTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapGraham Hill families in C2 of the growth Emerson map are in the Graham Hill walk zone but would be bussed to Emerson
Green LakeLosing walk zoneNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapGreen Lake students in E-F 1-2 of the Green Lake growth zone will lose their walk zone and need to be bussed to Bagley
GreenwoodNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapGreenwood retains its walk zone
HawthorneNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapHawthorne retains its walk zone
HayNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapHay retains its walk zone.
Highland ParkNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapHighland Park families in the SW corner of the zone will be in the walk zone for Roxhill
John MuirNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapJohn Muir retains its walk zone.
John RogersNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapJohn Rogers retains its walk zone
John StanfordLosing walk zoneNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkN/AJohn Stanford families must bus to Green Lake as John Stanford becomes an option school
KimballLosing walk zoneTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapKimball families in B-C 3-4 of the Kimball growth map are in the Kimball walk zone but would be bussed to Maple
LafayetteNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapLafayette retains its walk zone
LaurelhurstNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapLaurelhurst retains its walk zone
LawtonNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapLawton retains its walk zone.
LeschiNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapLeschi retains its walk zone.
LowellNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapLowell retains its walk zone.
Loyal HeightsNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapLoyal Heights retains its walk zone.
Madrona K-8NoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapMadrona retains its walk zone.
MapleLosing walk zoneTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapMaple families in F-G 6 of the Maple growth map are in the Maple walk zone but would be bussed to Van Asselt
McDonaldNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkN/AMcDonald walk zone families enter the Green Lake walk zone
McGilvraNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapMcGilvra retains its walk zone.
MLKNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapFamilies in the southern end of the MLK walk zone would be moved into the Dunlap walk zone
MontlakeNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapIf any Montlake families move into Stevens zone, they would be in Stevens walk zone.
North BeachYesNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapNorth Beach families just north of Golden Gardens would move to Loyal Heights and not be in that walk zone.
NorthgateLosing walk zoneTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapNorthgate walk zone families in E7 of the Northgate growth map would be bussed to Viewlands.
Olympic HillsN/ATitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapUnclear if Olympic Hills is technically losing its walk zone, since no new city walk zone has been established for Cedar Hills. Some families will need to travel further to get to Cedar Park, up to about 10 blocks total and across LCW.
Olympic ViewNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapOlympic View retains its walk zone.
Rainier ViewNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapRainier View retains its walk zone
RoxhillLosing walk zoneTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in Pink Roxhill families in D3 of the Roxhill growth map would be in the bus zone for West Seattle Elementary
SacajaweaNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapSacajawea retains its walk zone
Sand PointNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapSandpoint retains its walk zone
SanisloNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapSanislo retains its walk zone
Schmitz ParkN/ANoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapSchmitz Park is moving 3 blocks south to Genesee Hill, so the previous walk zone no longer applies.
StevensNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapStevens retains its walk zone.
Thurgood MarshallNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapThurgood Marshall retains its walk zone.
Van AsseltNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapVan Asselt families being moved into the Wing Luke zone would be in the Wing Luke walk zone
View RidgeNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapView Ridge retains its walk zone
ViewlandsNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapViewlands retains its walk zone.
WedgwoodNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapWedgwood retains its walk zone
West Seattle N/ATitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapWest Seattle Elem. Families in D-E 3 of the West Seattle growth map will be moved to Fairmount Park, which does not have a walk zone established yetpublished on the SPS site
West WoodlandNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapWest Woodland retains its walk zone
WhittierNoNoWalk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapWhittier retains its walk zone.
Wilson Pacific ElemNoNo N/AProposed Growth MapWilson Pacific is not yet open.
Wing LukeNoTitle 1Walk routeCurrent Map with Walk Zone in PinkProposed Growth MapWing Luke retains its walk zone

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