Under no conditions would the School District consider demolishing or destroying the Ronald School

by Craig Degginger
Shoreline School District Public Information Officer

Under no conditions would the District consider demolishing or destroying the Ronald School building in the process of replacing Shorewood High School. It is a “landmark” building, with great educational significance to our community.

• Current architectural plans incorporate the historic Ronald School building into the Shorewood design - honoring, preserving and restoring the original school building, while bringing the unreinforced brick masonry building up to code and making it a safe structure for community/student use.

• Current Shorewood plans propose sharing the restored Ronald School building with the Shoreline Historical Museum through a legal lease agreement, incorporating display cases in the new school’s performing arts center for Museum exhibits and community access.

• Conversations between the District, the Museum, and the City of Shoreline are continuing and additional alternatives are being explored, including, but not limited to:

1. Option to acquire property adjacent to the Shorewood site as part of an alternative solution for the Ronald School and Museum.
2. Option for the District to move the Ronald School building to an adjacent site.
3. Option for the Museum to move to another Shoreline site, including one option that would minimize or eliminate the need for the Museum to pay rent.

Additional information is available on the school district website.