Date set for Alki Elementary School ribboncutting ceremony

(WSB photos, this afternoon)

If you’ve been by Alki Elementary lately (3010 59th SW), you’ve likely noticed the new school looks pretty close to done. Today we learned the date that’s been set for the ribboncutting ceremony, so you can mark your calendar: August 26. Long before then, though, staff will start moving in; according to the latest project newsletter, that begins next Monday (July 6).

Alki Elementary has spent the past three years temporarily housed at the former Schmitz Park Elementary, which will be vacant next year so some maintenance work can be done, the district told us in March.

Um June 30, 2026 (11:13 pm)

Is there going to be enough parking for everyone. Asking for a friend

Nothanks July 1, 2026 (12:10 am)

Too bad they built it on a postage stamp

Lola July 1, 2026 (12:28 pm)

They should have re-built Schmitz Park School to be the New Alki since they can’t ever sell it or use it for anything but a School.

K July 1, 2026 (2:48 pm)

Preparing for the societal collapse we were warned to expect if the district built a school centered around children and learning rather than cars and parking. August 26 it is.

Daddio July 2, 2026 (12:30 am)

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You obviously don’t live around here, k, and won’t have Alki Elementary staff’s cars parked in front of your house.

Lafayette Neighbor July 1, 2026 (2:58 pm)

Should have been Lafayette.

wetone July 2, 2026 (8:24 am)

A couple things I find interesting with this build are Seattle and state of Wa is saying how global warming is causing water levels to rise…. well this school is built at sea level. Being first place to flood in stormy King tides. next interesting thing with build is the Geothermal heating system which is a first and interesting experiment at a location like this, could be a very costly investment for taxpayers in future for these reasons. Hopefully school district finds enough kids to fill and justify build……….. feel sorry for neighborhood for impacts caused by very little parking and dangerous high traffic area for buses and children walking or riding a bike home like I did when I went there, also had a great gymnasium to stay fit year around….. ;)

LS July 5, 2026 (4:15 pm)

Is the ribbon cutting ceremony also an open house?

WSB July 5, 2026 (6:36 pm)

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Full details aren’t out yet. I got the date while corresponding with the media office on a related question.

daisyg July 8, 2026 (5:29 pm)

Middle of the day on a quiet July Monday 7/6. – Side streets on the Alki Elementary side of Admiral were parked up with residential parkers.-59th – no parking at all. FedEx truck half on the parking strip on the other side of the street.- Across Admiral, side streets pretty much fully parked up (as normal ) with residential parking.- Admiral hill almost fully parked up on both sides within 4 blocks.NOTE: Beach was pretty much empty at the time.So EXACTLY WHERE are parennts and teachers supposed to park?This is the state of parking around Alki Elementary on any given “normal” day. So what is this going to be like for the parent who arrives at Alki Elementary with a pre-schooler, toddler and infant in tow, looking for a place to park?You can’t just drop a pre-schooler/grade 1-2 student off in a heavily congested traffic area a few blocks away and tell them to walk to class.Even parents who LIVE in the ALKI area WALK their young children to Alki Elementary.Not to mention, that this rebuild violates 9 Zoning laws that were put in place for a reason. And then excepetions granted by Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI), and this project pushed through. I realize this monstrosity is built. And nothing is going to change that.Just to clarify – the issue is NOT the rebuilding of the school, the issue is the size of the school, the lack of parking, and the safey of kids and parents trying to get to and from the school everyday.