As Washington Students Head Back to Class, Seismic Building Data is Hard to Find

As the start of the upcoming school year approaches, many students in Washington State will be attending schools that may be unsafe in a major earthquake. However, following years of modernization efforts and millions of dollars spent on renovations and reconstruction to enable school buildings to better withstand a major tremor, information about the seismic readiness of school buildings remains difficult to obtain. While information is available on a case-by-case basis depending on the district, there is no publicly available state database to search for individual schools, and the available resources are sometimes out of date.

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