Help us welcome our two new School Board Directors. Dr. Damarys Espinoza represents District 4 and Blaine Holien represents District 5. The new directors will be sworn in on Monday, March 24.

The Highline School Board will interview four candidates for two open board seats on Saturday, March 15.  

Highline Public Schools’ Board of Directors stands firm in its commitment to protecting students, staff and families regardless of background, identity or immigration status. During a standing-room-only meeting on March 5, the board unanimously approved Resolution 02-25: Our Schools, Our Promise–A Stand for Every Student. 

Highline's financial outlook remains stable due to steady student enrollment and past budget adjustments. The School Board held a work session on Wednesday, March 5 about the budget development process. The next steps for the 2025-26 budget include working with leaders on school and department budgets, additional board updates in April and May, final budget development and a public hearing in June before submission to OSPI.  

The Highline School Board is moving forward with the appointment process of two vacant board seats. During the March 5 board meeting, the board narrowed the candidate pool to three finalists for District 4. The board also voted to re-open the application window for District 5 after two candidates withdrew from the process before the first round of public interviews. 

The Virtual Program at Seahurst will phase out due to declining enrollment. For 2025-26, it will serve grades 2-5 but will not enroll new K-1 students. We remain committed to supporting students and families through this transition.

In Highline, we teach comprehensive sexual health education in alignment with state law and district policy.  FLASH (Family Life and Sexual Health) is our curriculum that meets state requirements for sexual health education, which is taught in grades 4-12. Families may opt out of any or all sexual health lessons. Attend our Family Information Night on March 31.

School and district leaders visited Seahurst Elementary to see young readers in action! From kindergartners sounding out words to second graders reading books, students are building strong literacy skills every day. These classroom visits help us learn what’s working, hear directly from students, and find new ways to support teachers and learners. By listening and learning, we’re strengthening literacy instruction

To make up for emergency closures—including a wind closure, a snow day and the cyber incident—the last day of school for the 2024-25 school year will be June 25 for K-12 students and June 24 for preschool students, unless additional closures occur.

UPDATE: Marvista Elementary and Pacific Middle School are closed today, Tuesday, February 25 due to an ongoing power outage at the school. All other Highline schools remain on a two-hour delay. Buses will arrive at their regular stops two hours later than usual.