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 […]
The Bellevue School District announced that they will partially be returning to school come January. Kindergarten through second grade will be the first group of students to be back in the building, at least part-time. According to an announcement on their website, “they will communicate with families in early January […]
Amazon announced that they are making a donation of more than $2.5 million to support the immediate needs of students and their families amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They are expanding their Right Now Needs Fund, designed to meet basic needs to eliminate barriers to learning, with shelter, food, clothing, school […]
Local nonprofit Bellevue LifeSpring is filling the gaps in services created by the effects of the Coronavirus. They are currently working with the Bellevue School district to support these families and address food and emergency rent assistance needs. Bellevue LifeSpring, the Bellevue School District and Safeway have partnered to create […]
Bellevue LifeSpring’s 2020 Step Up to the Plate Benefit Luncheon is now open for registration. The annual event is taking place at Meydenbauer Center on March 17, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The featured speaker this year will be Bellevue School District’s Superintendent, Dr. Ivan Duran. He joined the […]
