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:
- Option to acquire property adjacent to the Shorewood site as part of an alternative solution for the Ronald School and Museum.
- Option for the District to move the Ronald School building to an adjacent site.
- 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.