I am a concerned parent of Rosa Parks Elementary School and Evergreen Middle School students. It is now at least four years in a row that Rosa Parks is overcrowded, and yet it is on the radar of the Lake Washington School District (LWSD) to make it even more overcrowded. A generation of students are facing lower-quality school experiences in such basic daily activities as enjoying play time, having lunch with friends in the commons area (rather than sitting in the classroom) and even going to the bathroom.

A couple of years ago, we appealed to the LWSD when they wanted to overcrowd the school by 80 percent, and which they reluctantly backed down to about 40 percent. All the while, there are other fair and reasonable options available to distribute the students to other area schools. The LWSD rationale behind singling out Rosa Parks and then Evergreen are at the best not well thought off. I am completely clueless why LWSD continues to target one area, and condemns one entire generation of students to miss out on quality education. It is plain wrong. They will be creating outliers on the wrong end of the spectrum.

I also question the fiscal responsibility of LWSD in the light of other area school districts with similar demographics building new schools, adding new programs while LWSD is overcrowded and cutting school program budgets. Can we at least get a reasonably good school experience for our kids?

Sai Ramanath, Redmond