For the next three months, Seattle Public Schools will hold a series of public meetings to discuss a new district-wide Student Assignment Plan.

Friday, Nov. 14, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Northgate Community Center, 10510 5th Ave. N.E.

Saturday, Nov. 15, 10:00 to noon

Delridge Community Center; 4501 Delridge Way S.W.

Tuesday, Nov. 18, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Treehouse 2100 Building, Community Room B; 2100 24th Ave. S.

Thursday, Nov. 20, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

NewHolly Gathering Hall; 7050 32nd Ave. S.

Tuesday, Dec. 2, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence; 2445 3rd Ave. S.

A new Student Assignment Plan is one of the major initiatives identified in the District's Strategic Plan, Excellence for All. The framework for a new Student Assignment Plan was approved by the Seattle School Board in June 2007.

Informational meetings were held Oct. 23, 27 and Nov. 1 at Ingraham High School, Rainier Beach High and the district headquarters.

Discussion focused on elements of the current Student Assignment Plan community members liked, what improvements to the plan they would like to see and what information they needed about the current assignment plan or about the process of developing the new assignment plan

Future phases for development of the new Student Assignment Plan are:

Developing Academic and Operational Guiding Principles: November 2008 January 2009

Modeling Different Scenarios based on the Academic/Operational Principles: January 2009 March 2009

Designing the Student Assignment Plan and Phase-In Strategy: March 2009 June 2009

Planning for the Phase-In Strategy: July 2009 October 2009

Implementing the New Enrollment Process: November 2009 April 2010

Background information on Student Assignment and on Excellence for All is available at: http://www.seattleschools.org and at http://www.seattleschools.org/area/newassign/index.html