Wallingford, Seattle

Julie Wittmann wrote up this handy summary of the public school sitch: Open Enrollment for School Choice is February 24 - March 7! Parents of new students should visit the SPS Enrollment page, and look for the "guide me through the enrollment process" at the bottom of the first column. All current Seattle Public Schools students should have received a letter with their 2013 - 2014 school assignment. If you're happy with your student's school assignment, no further action is required. However, should you desire…

Here's a bit of fun for you (or horror, depending on your sense of detachment from crisis): Jeffrey Lin has created a map of Seattle as it will appear should the "worst case scenario" of rising sea levels due to global warming, 240',  come true. Early versions lacked fair representation for (the remnants of) our neighborhood, so he went back and updated it to include Wallingford Point and the Cape of Fremont. In Jeffrey's vision, "the islands will be inhabited by…

Colleen Hackett, Parks Operations Crew Chief, sent in this response to comments on the Wallingford Playfield Update post: Because the playfield is intended for youth soccer, wear-and-tear from play is inevitable. Because Seattle law entirely prohibits dogs from playfields, that wear-and-tear is avoidable. Seattle Parks does close the field when it’s too wet.  We also wait to schedule after-school and weekend play until late spring when it’s less wet.  But drop-in play (like the cleat-wearing Frisbee games) we can’t control.   I…