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Parents press board on feeder‑pattern changes and Bayview concerns; district updates Buena Vista transition plan
Summary
Fairmont families and Bayview community members urged the board to reconsider proposed feeder changes that would alter neighborhood pathways and to keep community voice central to superintendent zone decisions; district staff provided an update on planning to move the Buena Vista Elementary program to Horace Mann with bilingual outreach and phased transition measures.
Multiple parents and teachers addressed the board on Feb. 11 with concerns about proposed feeder‑pattern changes and school reconstitutions affecting Bayview neighborhoods.
Fairmont parents said a proposal to change the middle‑school feeder pattern (moving Fairmont students away from James Lick to Everett) would break established community ties and risk diluting Spanish immersion pathways: "It makes no sense from any perspective," Elena Opie told the board, describing the proposal as disruptive to families who expected James Lick as the…
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