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Bellevue School District No. 405 (short: BSD) is a public school district
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 in King County, Washington
King County, Washington
King County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population in the 2010 census was 1,931,249. King is the most populous county in Washington, and the 14th most populous in the United States....

, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 that serves the communities of Bellevue
Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle, it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. The population was 122,363 at the 2010 census.Downtown Bellevue is...

, Clyde Hill
Clyde Hill, Washington
Clyde Hill is a city located in the Eastside, a region of King County, Washington, United States, and part of the Seattle metropolitan area. The town of Kirkland lies to the northeast, while the satellite city of Bellevue is located to the east and south. Lake Washington is also nearby, providing...

, Medina
Medina, Washington
Medina is a city located in the Eastside, a region of King County, Washington, United States. Surrounded on the north, west, and south by Lake Washington, opposite Seattle, Medina is bordered by Clyde Hill and Hunts Point, as well as the satellite city of Bellevue. The city's population was 2,969...

, Hunts Point
Hunts Point, Washington
Hunts Point is a town located in the Eastside, a region of King County, Washington, United States, and part of the Seattle metropolitan area. The town is located on a small peninsula surrounded by Lake Washington, and is near the suburbs of Medina , Clyde Hill , Yarrow Point , and Kirkland , as...

, Yarrow Point
Yarrow Point, Washington
Yarrow Point is a town in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,001 at the 2010 census.Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Yarrow Point ranks fifth of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.-Geography:Yarrow Point is located...

, Beaux Arts Village
Beaux Arts Village, Washington
Beaux Arts Village is a town located in the Eastside, an affluent region of King County, Washington, United States in the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the smallest municipal jurisdiction in the county, with a population of 299 as of the 2010 census and a land area of 0.1 sq mi...

, and portions of Newcastle
Newcastle, Washington
Newcastle is an Eastside city in King County, Washington, United States. Its population was 10,380 at the 2010 census.Although Newcastle was not incorporated until 1994, it has been an important settlement and town since the late 19th century and played a major role in the development of Seattle...

, Kirkland
Kirkland, Washington
Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It is a suburb of Seattle on the Eastside . The population was 48,787 at the 2010 census makes it the 9th largest city in King County and the 20th largest city in the state...

 and Redmond
Redmond, Washington
Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located east of Seattle. The population was 54,144 at the 2010 census,up from 45,256 in 2000....

. As of October 1, 2010, the district has an enrollment of 17,783 students. There is a gifted
Gifted education
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 program for students who have passed several qualifying tests. Students in the PRISM program go to Stevenson Elementary School and afterwards Odle Middle School. Recently a high school level extension of the program was initiated at Interlake High School. The International School, Bellevue High School, and Newport High School were ranked the 14th, 24th, and 78th best high schools in the nation respectively by US News in 2009. Additionally, Interlake High school was awarded a Silver medal by US News in the same year.

High schools

  • International School
    International School (Bellevue, Washington)
    International School is a 6th–12th grade school in the Bellevue School District. The mascot for Bellevue International School is the Great Titan, and the logo is a Greek tripod with an ascending flame. International school is not a "true" international school with students from across the globe,...

     (6-12) http://www.bsd405.org/international/homepage/info.html
  • Bellevue High School (School Website)
  • Interlake High School
    Interlake High School
    Interlake High School, also known as IHS, is a public high school in Bellevue, Washington. The school is one of the six high schools in the Bellevue School District. It is known for its diversity, its students' scholarship, and the International Baccalaureate program located at the school. The...

     (School Website)
  • Newport High School (School Website)
  • Sammamish High School
    Sammamish High School
    Sammamish High School is a public secondary school in Bellevue, Washington, USA, serving students in grades 9–12. The school is part of the Bellevue School District, with admission based primarily on the locations of students' homes. The school is known as the Totems, and the mascot is the...

     (School Website)

Middle schools

  • International School
    International School (Bellevue, Washington)
    International School is a 6th–12th grade school in the Bellevue School District. The mascot for Bellevue International School is the Great Titan, and the logo is a Greek tripod with an ascending flame. International school is not a "true" international school with students from across the globe,...

     (6-12) http://www.bsd405.org/international/homepage/info.html
  • Chinook Middle School (School Website)
  • Highland Middle School (School Website)
  • Odle Middle School
    Odle Middle School
    Odle Middle School is a public middle school in Bellevue, Washington, USA. The school is one of seven middle schools in the Bellevue School District, and was named posthumously after Frank Odle, who taught in the district for 55 years before retiring in 1968...

     (School Website)
  • Tillicum Middle School (School Website)
  • Tyee Middle School (School Website)

Primary schools


Alternative schools


Former schools

Over the years, the District closed several schools. In many cases, declining enrollment after the Baby Boomers graduated led to closure. The District leased some schools to private schools or non-profit organizations. Some properties were transferred to other local governments.
  • Ashwood Elementary School is the Bellevue Regional Library and two sports fields.
  • Hyak Junior High School is home to the International School.
  • Ivanhoe Elementary School is a performing arts center and public park.
  • Lake Heights Elementary School became a YMCA location. In 2008, it traded sites with Newport Heights Elementary.
  • Ringdall Junior High School was Eastside Catholic School and is temporary home of Tyee Middle School.
  • South Union High School is now Bellevue Downtown Park
    Bellevue Downtown Park
    Bellevue Downtown Park is a park located in the heart of downtown Bellevue, WA. The park was designed for passive and unstructured use, and as a "respite from the activities of busy urban life."...

    .
  • Surrey Downs School is now a King County District Court location and sports fields.
  • Three Points Elementary School, located in Medina
    Medina, Washington
    Medina is a city located in the Eastside, a region of King County, Washington, United States. Surrounded on the north, west, and south by Lake Washington, opposite Seattle, Medina is bordered by Clyde Hill and Hunts Point, as well as the satellite city of Bellevue. The city's population was 2,969...

    , is now an elementary school for Bellevue Christian Schools.
  • Wilburton School is now District offices and a City park.

Demographics

The Bellevue School District is the most ethnically diverse school district on the Eastside. As of October 2010, there were 17,783 students enrolled in the district. The district is 3.0% Black/African American, 28.8% Asian, 9.7% Hispanic, 8.8% Multiracial and 49.3% White. 30.6% of students speak a first language other than English; there are over 84 languages spoken in the district. 9.5% of students are ESL (English as a Second Language) learners. 8.2% are enrolled in various levels of Special Education. 22.3% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Of students who speak a language other than English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 as their first language, the top 10 spoken are (in order): Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, Mandarin, Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...

, Cantonese, Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

, Vietnamese
Vietnamese language
Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...

 & Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

, Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

, Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 and Arabic.

2008 Strike

On June 10, 2008, Bellevue teachers voted almost unanimously to go on strike if a new contract could not be reached by the end of the summer. On the evening of September 1, the day before classes would have started, the Bellevue Education Association (BEA) announced the beginning of the strike. On September 14, BEA members agreed to the tentative agreement that school was to begin on September 15. The dispute between the BEA and BSD had three main issues: compensation; benefits; and use of the Curriculum Web, a strictly enforced curriculum for all teachers to follow.

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