Solving the Capacity mess in Northern West Seattle

From the West Seattle Blog:

Reopening a closed West Seattle public school is virtually inevitable, Seattle School Board president Steve Sundquist confirmed during this morning’s community-conversation meeting at Delridge Library, as the district deals with overcrowding issues in the second year after the last round of closures. And though no decision’s been made yet, Fairmount Park Elementary at 38th/Findlay – shuttered for four years – seems likely to be that school, he acknowledged – with one caveat. Read on for details of the discussion, which also tackled issues including sibling waitlists:

Amazingly Steve Sundquist was a responsible party for the closing of the Cooper School in the last round of closures. , which created the capacity mess in Northern West Seattle.

The Cooper Building was given to Pathfinder and Northern West Seattle has had a shortage of elementary school student capacity ever since.