Seattle Public Schools released its revised attendance area boundary maps Nov. 3 after nearly a month of public feedback.

Since the original maps, which will assign students to a school based on their address, were released on Oct. 6, Seattle Public Schools has held nine community meetings and received additional feedback through surveys, email and over the phone, according to Seattle Public Schools.

The changes to Ballard-area school boundaries are small in the revised maps.

In the most drastic change, the eastern boundary for Ballard High School has been moved west, from Aurora to Greenwood Avenue, ceding a large area around Green Lake to Roosevelt High School.

According to the Seattle School District, this was done to facilitate easier walking commutes for Roosevelt and Ballard students.

The major community request for the Ballard High School boundary area was to move the northern boundary past its current location on Northwest 85th Street. That change was not made because it would have put Ballard High School over functional capacity, according to Seattle Public Schools.

There were a number of small shifts made to the boundaries for Ballard-area middle and elementary schools.

The new maps can be downloaded as PDFs or seen on the Seattle Public Schools Web site with the links at the right.

There is are two community meetings and a public hearing scheduled between now and Nov. 18, when the Seattle School Board is scheduled to vote on the maps.

The nearest meeting takes place from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 at Roosevelt High School, located at 1410 N.E. 66th St.

Seattle Public Schools plans to begin phasing in the boundary maps in the 2010-2011 school year.