Pushing for a downtown school

Bill Lucia Jul 11, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Pushing for a downtown school</h1>
                <h2><p>Downtown Seattle Association, Seattle Public Schools and the City of Seattle’s proposal to turn the old Federal Reserve Building in Seattle into a public school has moved into a higher gear. The federal Department of Health and Human Services recently turned down Compass Housing Alliance’s proposal to turn</p></h2>
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            <p>Downtown Seattle Association, Seattle Public Schools and the City of Seattle’s proposal to turn the old Federal Reserve Building in Seattle into a public school has moved into a higher gear. The federal Department of Health and Human Services recently turned down Compass Housing Alliance’s proposal to turn the downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building into a homeless shelter and center, due to inadequate financial resources, according to a letter from the Department of Health &amp; Human Services. (Compass has not returned a call for comment.) Even though the July 3 application deadline is rapidly approaching, Downtown Seattle Association Vice President of Advocacy &amp; Economic Development Jon Scholes said the process is running smoothly. “We have a good shot,” Scholes said, adding that high utilization of the 90,000 square-foot building — which could serve about 660 students — is one of the proposal’s strengths. – E.W.</p>
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Downtown Seattle Association, Seattle Public Schools and the City of Seattle’s proposal to turn the old Federal Reserve Building in Seattle into a public school has moved into a higher gear. The federal Department of Health and Human Services recently turned down Compass Housing Alliance’s proposal to turn the downtown Federal Reserve Bank Building into a homeless shelter and center, due to inadequate financial resources, according to a letter from the Department of Health & Human Services. (Compass has not returned a call for comment.) Even though the July 3 application deadline is rapidly approaching, Downtown Seattle Association Vice President of Advocacy & Economic Development Jon Scholes said the process is running smoothly. “We have a good shot,” Scholes said, adding that high utilization of the 90,000 square-foot building — which could serve about 660 students — is one of the proposal’s strengths. – E.W.

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By Bill Lucia

Bill Lucia writes about Seattle City Hall and politics for Crosscut. He can be reached at bill.lucia@crosscut.com and you can follow him on Twitter @bill_lucia.