When will the Seattle School District cease to cut off its nose to spite its face? After several years of failed attempts at a solution for relocating Pathfinder, they've now proposed the most ridiculous idea yet: severing a model school from its neighborhood, displacing over 300 students, and not providing a viable alternative for this huge overflow into the West Seattle community. Bear in mind, a significant proportion of the families whose children attend Arbor Heights have the means to find private alternatives, and that is precisely what will happen.

This short term fix will lead to some long term student attrition and even greater financial instability.

Tim Haywood