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Issaquah School District No. 411 is a public school district in King County, Washington, USA, serving the city of Issaquah as well as portions of Sammamish, Renton, Bellevue, and Newcastle.

As of September 2008, the district has an enrollment of 15,624 students, 739 teachers, and 24 total schools.

High Schools

 * Issaquah High School, is located south of downtown Issaquah, and is expectedly the district's oldest high school. IHS opened in 1905 and moved to its present location in 1962. School colors: Purple & Gold. Mascot: Eagle.


 * Liberty Senior High School, opened in 1977 in East Renton Highlands, at the southwest corner of the district. LHS was named the National Blue Ribbon school in 1999 and was recognized in Washington, D.C. School colors: Silver, Green, & Blue. Mascot: Patriot.


 * Skyline High School is the district's newest high school, opening its doors in 1997. Located in Sammamish on the northern boundary of the district, Skyline serves as a community center for the city of Sammamish. School colors: Green & Silver. Mascot: Spartan.


 * Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus is the school district's newest secondary school, opening in 2005. Located on the south end of the Sammamish plateau, it serves 9th grade students from two high schools, Skyline and Issaquah. School colors: Green & Gold (borrowing one color each from Skyline and Issaquah). Mascot: Lynx.   (Following five years as a freshman campus, PCFS will be reassigned in 2010-11 as the district's fifth middle school (grades 6-8), and the two high schools will expand back to grades 9-12.)


 * Tiger Mountain Community High School is a high school serving students throughout the district who seek an alternative to the traditional high school enviroment. Each student is given personalized lessons and support by the staff which adds to the alternative style of education. Tiger Mountain is also the site for a regional high tech learning center serving students throughout the region.

Middle Schools (6-8)

 * Beaver Lake Middle School - feeder school for Skyline
 * Issaquah Middle School - feeder school for Issaquah
 * Maywood Middle School - feeder school for Liberty
 * Pine Lake Middle School - feeder school for Skyline and Issaquah.

Primary Schools (K-5)

 * Apollo Elementary School - feeder school for Maywood and Liberty. It is also a host site for the district's Mind Education - Right and Left (brain) Integration (MERLIN) program.
 * Briarwood Elementary School - feeder school for Maywood and Liberty
 * Cascade Ridge Elementary School - feeder school for Beaver Lake and Skyline
 * Challenger Elementary School -feeder school for Beaver Lake and Skyline
 * Clark Elementary School - feeder school for Issaquah Middle and Issaquah
 * Cougar Ridge Elementary School - feeder school for Issaquah Middle and Issaquah
 * Discovery Elementary School - feeder school for Beaver Lake as well as Pine Lake and Skyline
 * Endeavour Elementary School - feeder school for Beaver Lake as well as Pine Lake and Skyline
 * Grand Ridge Elementary School - feeder school for Issaquah Middle as well as Pine Lake and Issaquah
 * Issaquah Valley Elementary School - feeder school for Issaquah Middle and Issaquah
 * Maple Hills Elementary School - feeder school for Maywood and Liberty
 * Newcastle Elementary School - feeder school for Maywood and Liberty
 * Sunny Hills Elementary School -feeder school for Pine Lake and Skyline
 * Sunset Elementary School - feeder school for Issaquah Middle as well as Pine Lake and Issaquah

2002 District Stike
The Issaquah School District teacher's union voted to strike which in turn left Issaquah schools to be closed from the opening day of school, September 4th, until September 26th - closing the school for a total of three weeks; fifteen total school days. An agreement was made on September 25th ratified by a 740-45 majority vote cast by the teachers at Issaquah High School, relieving the teachers of the threats of fines that would be put in place due to the fact that the teachers voted to defy a King County Superior Court injunction calling for the teachers to return to work. Resulting from the strike was a 3.8 percent pay increase over two years; ninty-five percent being covered by state aid. An additional $250 "return to work incentive" was offered to all teachers as well as a $500 bonus the following year.

2006 Bus Driver Termination
An Issaquah School District bus driver now identified as Staci LaManna was fired in September 2006 when she allegedly "flipped off" United States President George W. Bush in June of 2006 while she was transporting a group of students back from a field trip to the Woodland Park Zoo. The 43-year-old driver has filed a union grievance for wrongful termination. The Issaquah School District stated that the termination was a result of a "pattern of behavior" and not for any political reasons.