Lake Washington School District

Lake Washington School District (LWSD) is a school district encompassing many elementary, middle and high schools in the greater Seattle area. In the 2024/25 school year, LWSD announced that they would change from the typical 7 period schedule to only 6 periods, explaining that it was to reduce costs of the district, which is rumoured to be in crippling debt. However, this was met with immense backlash, with students and families protesting about the reduced classes limiting the opportunity for students to take more advanced classes - thus making them less competitive in the college application process. However, LWSD did not listen to such complaints and continued with the 6 period method. This has resulted in widespread discontent amongst the student population inside of LWSD. LWSD is also notorious for creating terrible schedules. The same year as the shift to 6 periods, LWSD announced a terrible, horrible, disgusting schedule which appears to be AI generated with the prompt to create the least balanced, most ludicrous schedule ever. Instead of spacing the classes evenly like any sane person would do, the district decided to place TWO 4th period classes in one day, and mixing up 80 minute and 45 minute classes together into a disgusting amalgamation. However, LWSD offers some rather high quality curriculum, particularly around the language department. It was also known for its well thought out policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.