SEATTLE -- A number of Seattle schools are on the chopping block, and KIRO 7 Eyewitness News has learned which ones.

The superintendent is recommending the following:

BUILDING CLOSURES
In a press release by the Seattle School District, six buildings will be closed, and an additional building will be closed temporarily and may reopen in the future, depending on enrollment.
Genesee Hill
Lowell
Mann
TT Minor
Pinehurst
Van Asselt
(Old Hay - may be temporary, depending on enrollment)

RELOCATED PROGRAMS
Nine programs will relocate from one building to another.
Lowell APP to Hawthorne and Thurgood Marshall
NOVA to Meany
Pathfinder K-8 to Arbor Heights
SBOC to Meany
Summit K-12 to Rainier Beach
Thornton Creek to Addams
TT Minor K-3 Montessori to Leschi
Thurgood Marshall EBOC to Bailey Gatzert
Van Asselt to AAA


NEW PROGRAMS
One new program (a new elementary school in Northeast Seattle) will be created and one k-5 (Thornton Creek will expand to K-8)
New K-5 at Decatur
Thornton Creek K-5 expands to K-8


DISCONTINUED PROGRAMS
Five programs will be discontinued and their students reassigned to new schools beginning the fall of 2009.
African American Academy
AS #1
Arbor Heights
Meany
TT Minor

The list of schools was announced at Tuesday's school board meeting.

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The Seattle School District is facing a $24 million budget shortfall and closing older schools with low enrollment is one solution.

A recent audit found that Seattle Public Schools has 18 percent more classroom space than the district needs because of declining enrollment.

Two years ago, a school district proposal to close school was canceled under criticism from parents.

The Seattle district is the largest in Washington with about 44,000 students in 100 schools.

Several hearings will be held discussing the recommendations before the school board votes on the recommendations on Jan. 29.

Public Hearing Schedule For Seattle Schools