Students ask Shoreline City Council to endorse the school measures

Shoreline students from East Corridor schools pose in the lobby of Shoreline City Hall before speaking during public comment at the January 11 meeting of the Shoreline City Council about the need for a new high school at Shorecrest. Among those pictured are Eva and Lauren Emerson, Emily Dodd, and Dylan Withers.

An adult speaker stated that although the impetus to rebuild started with Shorewood, when a detailed survey was made, it was discovered that Shorecrest was in far worse condition from a structural standpoint.

Dylan Withers, a student at Lake Forest Park elementary, commented on the beautiful new facilities and technology at Shoreline City Hall and said that Shoreline students deserve similar technology and buildings when they go to high school at Shorecrest.
 
Emily Dodd, a freshman at Shorecrest, said she had been in gym class that day, trying to play ball with water dripping on her from the leaky roof. "I don't care if we have a beautiful building or great technology. I just want my brother and sister to go to high school in a building where the roof doesn't leak on them."

Vicki Westberg asked the council to remember the Shoreline Historical Museum and what an asset to the community it is.

Rich Gustafson, former Shoreline Schools Athletic Director, and ten years on the Shoreline City Council, reminded the council that people move here because of the strong schools and that we became a city because of the schools. He asked the council to pass a resolution in support of all three school measures and to personally endorse all three. 

Photos by Jill Brady and Wes Brandon