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Seattle Public Schools proposes three‑year hybrid plan to deliver highly capable services
Summary
Superintendent and staff recommended a three‑year “hybrid” approach that keeps cohort schools while expanding neighborhood services, with professional development, new reporting and a data review after three years. The board heard broad public comment for and against cohort and neighborhood models.
Seattle Public Schools on March 12 outlined a three‑year plan intended to preserve existing highly capable cohort options while expanding services in neighborhood schools and adding new reporting and evaluation. The proposal comes after months of public comment from families, teachers and community groups urging clearer access and enforcement of state rules on acceleration.
The plan presented by district staff would run the hybrid model in school years 2025–26 through 2027–28. Families of students in grades 2–5 would be offered a choice between receiving highly capable (HC) services through the cohort model or at their neighborhood school. District staff said the hybrid approach is designed to buy time to “reduce variation and improve fidelity” in neighborhood HC services while maintaining cohort options.
In a staff presentation,…
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