The community meeting set for Roxhill Elementary 9430 30th Ave. s.w. at 6:30 PM on Thursday, May 3rd has shifted focus since the potential merger of Arbor Heights and Roxhill is off the table but School Board member Marty McLaren is urging parents and neighbors to attend the meeting to focus on the BEX IV proposal and future school priorities. In a letter to the community McLaren outlines the importance of the meeting:

"Principal Dellino organized the Roxhill meeting after surveying her families and getting 300+ responses regarding the Building Excellence IV proposal. The draft proposal has changed since the survey, and Roxhill families are no longer so deeply concerned about a possible merger with Arbor Heights. Because of this shift, Principal Dellino has graciously agreed to open up the meeting in order to have a West Seattle-wide (and beyond?) conversation about the possible effects of the BEX IV proposal on all of our West Seattle Schools.

Parents who attended my April 24th community meeting suggested this gathering could be a time to develop a list of priorities regarding how the Levy proposal might fulfill our needs, hopes, and vision for our West Seattle Schools. It would be great to have at least one or two representatives from all the West Seattle schools, so I very much hope one or more West Seattle High School community members will attend.

Translation will be available in Spanish, also Vietnamese, and Somali. If by chance more than two or three foreign language speakers wish to come from your school, please let me know, and we’ll request extra headsets.

Roxhill parent community meeting: 5/3, 6:30 to 8 PM
Roxhill Elementary School
9430 30th Ave. SW

Regards,

Marty McLaren
School Board Director, District 6