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The Seattle School Board has approved new attendance boundaries for all its schools. Board members passed the student assignment plan unanimously last night.

The Seattle School District is taking a second crack at its school boundaries. The new student assignment plan will decide where students go to school based on their addresses.

The Seattle School Board made some adjustments to its high school grading policy last night, but it abandoned the change that upset parents the most: Lowering the grade point average requirement for graduation from C to D. The vote to ditch that idea was unanimous, but one board member blamed her colleagues for not trusting the years of work behind the proposal.

A plan to let Seattle Public School students graduate high school with a D average seems to have been shouted down by parents. The Seattle School Board delayed a vote on it. And rescheduled it for Wednesday. Now an amendment that's on the table would keep the GPA requirement at a C average.

12:00 p.m. Too Many Administrators? A stay at home mom, and former business analyst, took a detailed look at the Seattle School District's budget. She concluded the district's administrative spending is way out of line compared to other school districts. It's Electric A new fleet of electric cars is coming to Washington. We'll learn more. The Trouble With Unemployment We talk to a laid off Seattle Times editor about the hoops you have to jump through to collect unemployment. 12:20 p.m. McGinn Backs Off On The Tunnel Mayoral candidate Mike McGinn once promised he'd stop the tunnel that was approved to replace the Alaskan Way viaduct. He said it was too expensive. He said it was bad for the climate. Yesterday McGinn announced he would uphold the agreement to build the tunnel. McGinn says he still opposes the tunnel but it would be his responsibility as mayor to follow through on agreements. What do you think of the change? 12:40 p.m. Taylor Branch on 'The Clinton Tapes' Shortly after he was elected, President Clinton asked his old friend Taylor Branch, the Pulitzer prize winning historian, to help him take care of history. Branch recorded 79 conversations with Clinton over the eight years of his presidency. The project was top secret because of fears that political enemies would subpoena the tapes. Branch recalls those conversations in his new book, The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President.

The Seattle School District announced today it will reopen two schools it closed just two years ago. It's all part of the student assignment plan the district is rolling out this hour.

The Seattle School District is rolling out preliminary maps this hour for its new student assignment plan. That's the system that determines where students go to school based on their address.

Soon, public school students in Seattle could graduate high school with a D average. The Seattle School Board considered the change last night (Wednesday).

Seattle Public Schools released its latest survey of building conditions this week (Monday, August 24). Several schools built in the '50s and early '60s are deteriorating. And the costs of basic maintenance and seismic repairs have tripled for some schools.

People who run for Seattle School Board have to ask themselves, Am I crazy? I'm pretty sure I'm bona fide crazy, so, yes, the answer would be yes. That's Brita Butler Wall. She was on the Seattle School Board for four years. The hours are long. The pay is next to nothing. But eight people are running for Seattle School Board. The primary election is a week away. KUOW's Phyllis Fletcher asked two former board members what the candidates should expect if they win.

Seattle School Board members are on a six week break for the summer. Last night (Wednesday) they closed a sale, passed a budget, and signed off on the Superintendent's performance evaluation.