Earlier this month, the Bellevue School District Superintendent announced the final revisions to the Spending Reduction Plan Proposal. The district aims to cut $20 million from the budget for the 2025-2026 school year due to rising costs, increased student needs, and insufficient state funding. The objective is to prevent stricter […]
The Bellevue School District has announced a $20 million budget cut for the 2025-26 school year due to rising costs, increased student needs, and not enough state funding. Superintendent Dr. Kelly Aramaki presented the plan at a School Board meeting on February 6, 2025. The goal is to avoid stricter […]
A group of residents from Pacific Regent Bellevue, an independent senior living community, successfully raised $5,480 and collected 12 backpacks filled with school supplies to support local children in need. The initiative was led by former educators Jackie and Mike McBride in response to a nearly doubled demand for back-to-school […]
“Inside Bellevue”, the Bellevue neighborhood spotlight series, is a unique collaboration between The Brazen’s at Windermere Real Estate/Bellevue Commons and Downtown Bellevue Network. Drawing upon their over 30 years of experience living, working, and selling in Bellevue, the esteemed Brazen family provides an exclusive insider’s perspective on living in Bellevue […]
The Bellevue School Board has come to a decision as to which elementary schools will close as a result of declining enrollment in the district. Discussions first began in January, to consolidate three of the seven elementary schools to stabilize elementary enrollment. On March 16th, the school board voted to […]
The Bellevue School District recently updated their proposed consolidation plan, which had previously included seven schools and was narrowed down to Ardmore, Eastgate and Wilburton Elementary. These are the schools that had been recommended to be consolidated with other Bellevue schools. After the District met once again, they decided to […]
The Bellevue School District’s board met today to discuss the consolidation of three out of seven elementary schools in Bellevue. The intention is to stabilize elementary enrollment, as it has greatly declined. The schools that were up for discussion included Ardmore, Eastgate, Enatai, Phantom Lake, Sherwood Forest, Woodridge, and Wilburton. […]
According to an email sent out by the Bellevue School District, a presentation was made in January to the Bellevue School Board to consolidate three of the seven elementary schools to stabilize elementary enrollment. The schools that have experienced the greatest enrollment decline to date include Ardmore, Eastgate, Enatai, Phantom […]
Bellevue School District Board of Directors recently announced a new superintendent, Dr. Kelly Aramaki. He will begin the role on July 1st, after spending the next five months easing into it with the support of the interim superintendent, according to a release from BSD. Dr. Aramaki has a long history […]
Since first moving much of their employees to the Eastside, Amazon now has close to 10,000 Bellevue-based employees. This number will continue to grow, as they have committed to increasing the employee count to 25,000. The company expects to have 10,000 employees on the Eastside by summer 2022. Later this […]
