As promised, Seattle Public Schools has announced its design team for the new school it’s opening in West Seattle this fall, K-5 STEM at Boren. They’ve also confirmed that the team – whose job will be to start working out details for the new school’s operations – will have its first meeting 6 pm this Wednesday; that meeting will be at district HQ in SODO. We asked the district today who was on the team, and here’s what we received:
Members of the Design Team for the new K-5 STEM at Boren were announced Monday. The 15 members, chosen from 62 total applicants, include six parents, three community members and six Seattle School District staff members.
Candidates, The new members, listed below, were scored on the following criteria:
– An interest in K-5 STEM at Boren, with West Seattle parents with children enrolled in STEM scoring highest.
– A Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Mathematics background (either via education or career).
– Past/current leadership and committee participation.
– An awareness of need for diverse representation of people and ideas.The first Design Team meeting will be Wednesday, March 14 from 6-8 p.m. at the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence, Room 2776. All meetings will be open to the public, but only design team members can participate in the decision-making process. Future meeting dates will be set at the March 14 meeting.
Community members: Anthony Davis, Melissa Edwards, Faith Iverson
District members: Eric Caldwell, Mary-Elizabeth Ezenwaka, Dan Gallagher, Mary Kunce, Aurora Lora, Elizabeth Shields
Parents: Robin Graham, Susan Jarrett, Mark Johnson, Naheed Nizam, Manya Ralkowski, L’Nayim Shuman-Austin
The new school’s principal, Dr. Shannon McKinney, is scheduled to be in West Seattle for a “meet-and-greet” tomorrow (Tuesday, March 13), 6:30 pm at Madison Middle School.
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