Tour of Recent Schools by Educational Specs Committee

Yesterday the Educational Specifications Committee (consisting of staff, teachers and parents from Machias & Riverview Elementary Schools) toured four elementary school projects in the area, along with representatives of NAC Architecture and Heery Int'l.:

- Ben Franklin Elementary School, Kirkland

- Lakeview Elementary School, Kirkland

- Woodridge Elementary School, Bellevue

- Rosa Parks Elementary School, Redmond

These tours allowed committee members to see additional schools, further increasing the variety of projects they have to consider and discuss in planning the new projects. The committee has previously toured Phantom Lake Elementary School in Bellevue, Forest View Elementary School in Everett and Little Cedars Elementary School in Snohomish.

Visiting the schools, including the discussions that occurred on the yellow school bus between school tours, was a productive way to advance the dialogue between the committee and the project team about the goals and possibilities outlined in the draft Ed Spec.