Our position
- Keep great public schools open. Schools anchor communities. Families need stability to plan years ahead. Closure threats weaken trust and push families away.
- Closures won’t fix the budget. Other districts have lost students and funding to large-scale closures. Promised efficiencies haven’t fixed their budgets.
- Make public schools work for everyone. Maintain academic excellence and support every learner. Keep families from every socioeconomic background invested.
A school worth knowing
John Rogers
Elementary.
A neighborhood school with a newly rebuilt home.
John Rogers began as a portable school in 1953. Its community returned to a replacement campus in September 2025, after two school years at the John Marshall interim site. [3][4]
Meadowbrook, SeattleUpdateOctober 20, 2026
Possible merger
School that may move
Possible receiving school
These reported pairings are unconfirmed; no adopted SPS plan has been verified.
01History & community
Seventy years of community. A new chapter.
The first campus, informally called Matthews School, served children in a fast-growing northeast Seattle neighborhood. The school took the John Rogers name in 1954 and moved into a permanent building in 1956. [3]
The school describes a community built around individualized teaching, family events and neighborhood partnerships. Reading and math specialists, art, music and PE sit alongside enrichment and child care through Meadowbrook Community Center. [5]
The replacement opened September 3, 2025. SPS designed its 82,000 square feet for up to 500 K–5 students, with space for future expansion. Solar panels, geothermal wells and outdoor learning areas support a campus designed for net-zero energy. [4]
- 1953
Matthews portable school opens. [3]
- 1954
School is renamed John Rogers. [3]
- 1956
First permanent campus opens. [3]
- 2023
Replacement construction begins; students move to John Marshall. [3]
- 2025
New campus opens September 3. [4]
4030 NE 109th St., Seattle, WA 98125 [1]
Visit the school website ↗02School records
Sources & citations.
- 01
Seattle Public Schools
John Rogers Elementary: district profileCurrent school name and address, verified October 20, 2026.
- 02
- 03
Seattle Public Schools Archives
Building for Learning: John Rogers ElementaryDistrict history documents the school’s origins, community and campus changes, with archival photographs.
- 04
Seattle Public Schools Capital Projects and Planning
John Rogers Elementary: completed building projectOfficial project description, confirmed school opening and campus photographs.
- 05
John Rogers Elementary
About John Rogers: community and programsSchool describes its Meadowbrook location, academic specialists, family events and community-center partnership.
John Rogers Elementary. Your community. Your say.
Would you support or oppose closing this school?
Closure poll
- Opposed95%
- Neutral3%
- Support2%
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