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Contact Us Webpage to Replace BSD Let’s Talk

At the end of September 2023, the Let’s Talk platform will be removed from district webpages. In order to continue to center the needs of our community and provide consistent and timely two-way communication, a new Contact Us webpage, is now available for community members to reach district departments.Read More

Middle School Enrollment and Potential Consolidation Study Underway

Having right-sized the number of elementary schools in the 2022-2023 school year by consolidating two schools to accommodate lower enrollment, the Bellevue School District made a commitment to continue to study enrollment at our middle schools and the implication of our declining enrollment on our facilities and operating budget.Read More

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Community Engagement Opportunity for Big Picture and Jing Mei Communities: Options for Moving Buildings

The district is currently working on plans to move both Big Picture and Jing Mei to newer, existing buildings and invites both communities to participate in the decision-making process. Community engagement opportunities will be offered in the month of April.Read More

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Bellevue School District Board Directors Vote to Approve School Building Consolidation Plan

On Thursday, March 16, 2023, the Bellevue School District Board of Directors in a 3-2 (abstention) vote, approved the District’s plan to consolidate Wilburton and Eastgate Elementary School buildings. This consolidation along with additional operational cuts will help to offset a $31 million dollar budget shortfall. Read More

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Planning for the Future: Your Feedback and Next Steps

Thank you to everyone in our learning community for sharing their thoughts, questions and concerns with us — in person and online — as we collaborate to address declining enrollment. All feedback that was shared through the community engagement process is being used to develop options for Interim Superintendent Jarvis to consider prior to making a recommendation to the school board on Thursday, February 9.Read More

The Bellevue School District acknowledges that we learn, work, live and gather on the Indigenous Land of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Duwamish and Snoqualmie Tribes. We thank these caretakers of this land, who have lived and continue to live here, since time immemorial.