An introductory PowerPoint that explains the basics of Community Schools, the Licton Springs (Wilson-Pacific) site, and the possibilities for developing a Community Schools Campus on this site during the next Seattle Public Schools capital levy, BEX IV.

1. Licton Springs Community Schools

2. An opportunity exists to consider a Community Schools
An Campus on the SPS Wilson-Pacific site at 1330 N 90th St.
To explore that opportunity, Licton Springs Community
opportunity Schools, a grassroots community group, has formed.
We are engaged in an effort to educate people about
Community Schools and build a cross-boundary team to
exists…. explore the opportunities that a community school model
could bring to students, families, teachers, the Licton
Springs Community , Seattle Public Schools and the city of
Seattle.
We will hold community workshops, pursue a feasibility
study, conduct a design competition or charrette, seek
grants and push for project support in BEX IV.
We would love to count on your support.
Please join us.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/lictonspringscommunityschools/

3. A Community School is both a place and a set of
partnerships between the school and other
community resources. Its integrated focus on
academics, health and social services, youth and
community development and community
engagement leads to improved student learning,
What is a stronger families and healthier communities.
Schools become centers of the community and are
Community open to everyone – all day, every day, evenings and
weekends.
Using public schools as hubs, community schools
School? bring together many partners to offer a range of
supports and opportunities to children, youth,
families and communities.
Partners work to achieve these results:
• Children are ready to learn when they enter
school and every day thereafter. All students learn
and achieve to high standards.
• Young people are well prepared for adult roles in
the workplace, as parents and as citizens.
• Families and neighborhoods are safe, supportive
and engaged.
• Parents and community members are involved
with the school and their own life-long learning.
Source: Coalition for Community Schools FAQ

4. Three qualities about Wilson-Pacific make it a possible candidate for BEX IV. It is
currently listed in every category – elementary, middle school + high school – in
the draft BEX IV Options as a place where projected capacity needs could be met.
1. C = Capacity
Why here? There is a need for capacity both now and increasingly in the future according to
current SPS projections.
Why now?
Over the next 10 years, a shortfall of 719 elementary student seats and 459 middle school seats is
expected in this Whitman Attendance Area. A Community Schools Campus could configure to fill the
capacity shortages of any or all ages of students.
2. B = Building Condition
The buildings are in very bad condition.
The Meng Analysis rated the condition of the 7 buildings at Wilson-Pacific the 2nd worst of all
buildings in the SPS inventory. It is recommended for replacement.
3. S = Site
The site is big enough to redevelop.
At 16.7 acres, Wilson-Pacific is one of the largest school sites in the SPS inventory. It has excellent
transit access (Rapid Ride on Aurora, Metro 5, future Northgate light rail station) and adjacency to
important community assets. (Licton Springs Park is 1 block away. And North Seattle Community
College is 5 blocks away.) It’s 12 blocks from the future Northgate light rail station, right on the
Metro 5 bus line, just 1 block from Metro Rapid Ride on Aurora Ave N., 1 block from Licton Springs
Park and 5 blocks from North Seattle Community College. A Community Schools Campus could
support the needs of all students as well as the greater community in a “village” that co-locates both
education and family-community resources.

5. Woodrow Wilson Junior High, built in the 1950s, enrolled 1,347
students at its peak in 1959. Mandatory busing took a toll on
enrollment in the 70s. By 1978, the number of students had fallen to
579 and the school closed.
The school was renamed Wilson-Pacific School when Pacific School,
a special education program, moved there from Washington in 1978.
That school closed in 1989.
These are the schools and programs previously located at the
History Wilson-Pacific School:
1. COHO which came from Broadview-Thomson in 1996, but later
moved to the Monroe building in 1999 where it was renamed Salmon
Bay when it merged with NOMS .
2. The John Marshall Re-entry Program was briefly relocated there
when John Marshall School closed a few years ago.
3. Both an enrollment center and archival storage were previous uses
at Wilson-Pacific before those facilities were consolidated and
centralized in SODO.
These are the schools and programs currently located at the Wilson-
Pacific School:
1. The American Indian Heritage School which began in 1974 moved
5 times before it was relocated to Wilson-Pacific in 1989. That
program changed to American Indian Heritage Middle College
School serving age 16+ students and is still at the site. There are xx
students in that program today.
2. The Homeschool Resource Center which serves 180 students has
been there since 2003.
3. A special education screening program

6. Concepts for the redevelopment of the Wilson-Pacific site are
included in the Aurora-Licton Springs Residential Urban Village
Neighborhood Neighborhood Plan in 1998 . The aspirations expressed in that
plan are consistent with the idea of developing a Community
School on this site.
Planning Additionally, in 2004, Open Space 2100, a citywide visioning
workshop which was sponsored by UW Green Futures Lab ,
College of the Built Environment and the City of Seattle,
Department of Parks + Recreation, reiterated those intensions
and further went on to suggest concepts for humanizing
conditions along Aurora Ave N as well as ideas for perforating
the I-5 barrier to strengthen connections between Licton
Springs, North Seattle Community College and the Northgate
neighborhood.
http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/npi/plans/aurlict/Secti
on2.pdf

7. 2012 - 2013:
Meetings, Workshops,
Feasibility Study, Planning,
Draft Design Competition or
Charrette
Timeline 2013:
Secure Funding,
Construction Documents
2014:
Construction
2015:
Occupancy

8. • There are about 5,000 Community Schools
in the United States and abroad.
• The Growing Community Schools
publication helps explain how to get the
ball rolling.
Resources
• Many questions can be answered by
visiting the Coalition for Community
Schools website.
• Contact Kate Martin, 206-783-6538,
katemartin@comcast.net for more
information about Licton Springs
Community Schools.
• Please join our group on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/lictonspringscommunityschools/