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Superintendent: Bellevue enrollment up by about 200 students; district highlights mental-health partnerships and transportation hiring
Summary
Bellevue27s superintendent reported about a 200-student year-over-year enrollment increase and highlighted mental-health partnerships and transportation hiring efforts.
Superintendent Dr. Michelle Aramaki told the board that Bellevue School District is one of the few King County districts that grew enrollment this year, with about 200 more students than last year.
Aramaki said district analysis and a Welcome Center survey of new families identified the top reasons families chose Bellevue: proximity to home or work; academic reputation; special education, advanced learning and multilingual services; innovative programs (for example, language programs like an Arabic program at Ardmore); and extracurricular activities such as robotics and athletics.
She thanked district staff and the Bellevue Schools Foundation for their support of student mental-health programming, describing a recent community mental-health event titled "Look for the Helpers" that highlighted district and community resources. Aramaki said extracurricular involvement is an important protective factor for student mental health.
The superintendent also addressed operational concerns: a recent cluster of bus-driver illnesses caused delays; the district is actively recruiting substitute and regular bus drivers to reduce disruptions. The district said transportation improved on the day of the report and staff will continue hiring efforts.
