{"id":23631,"date":"2026-06-13T16:30:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T16:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/news-sps-families-plan-for-world-cup-traffic-seattle-public-schools\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T16:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T16:30:39","slug":"news-sps-families-plan-for-world-cup-traffic-seattle-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/news-sps-families-plan-for-world-cup-traffic-seattle-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"News : SPS Families: Plan for World Cup Traffic &#8211; Seattle Public Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  Summary:  The&nbsp;Seattle&nbsp;portion&nbsp;of the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins next week.  <br \/>Dear SPS Families&nbsp;and Staff,&nbsp;<br \/>The&nbsp;Seattle&nbsp;portion&nbsp;of the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins next week. This is an exciting opportunity to celebrate&nbsp;international&nbsp;sports in our city, and it will also bring increased activity and traffic across the area.&nbsp;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sdotblog.seattle.gov\/2026\/06\/11\/fifa-travel-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matches will be held at Lumen Field&nbsp;(Seattle Stadium), drawing large crowds and&nbsp;impacting&nbsp;travel near downtown<\/a>. Streets around the stadium are expected to close&nbsp;<strong>4\u20135 hours before each match<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>2\u20133 hours afterward<\/strong>, which will affect traffic patterns and travel times.&nbsp;<br \/><strong>Match schedule:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br \/>In addition,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleschools.org\/news\/graduation-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>graduation ceremonies for comprehensive high schools begin Monday, June 15<\/strong><\/a><strong>, at McCaw Hall<\/strong>, which may add to congestion in the downtown area.&nbsp;<br \/><strong>What this means for SPS families and staff:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br \/>We are excited to be part of a city hosting such a global event, and we appreciate your patience and flexibility as we navigate these impacts together.&nbsp;<br \/>If you have questions about transportation or schedules, please contact your school directly.&nbsp;<br \/>Thank you for your support as we celebrate this exciting time&nbsp;in&nbsp;Seattle.&nbsp;<br \/>Sincerely,&nbsp;<br \/>Bev Redmond&nbsp;<br \/>Chief of Staff and Public Affairs&nbsp;<br \/>Seattle Public Schools&nbsp;<br \/>  \u00a9  2026  Seattle Public Schools.  <br \/>  Northwest Coast Art by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleschools.org\/web\/website-theme-art\/andrea-wilbur-sigo\/\">Andrea Wilbur-Sigo, Squaxin\/Skokomish<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxPTjVEenB0TEJkNEtsMVpMSmFfbDFWX0t1LXJCUGRsZ3JPMnktcms0dS1ZeGctdnZPbWNTaXZjMEpxSUhTRDRSbU5BWmFmWUZUWUpWMFEzaGxkV3ZFX2pUSVpsTUJKQVVIZjI3S091OFd2UHJhQ2tUazdBQUtIYmlVMEh3?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: The&nbsp;Seattle&nbsp;portion&nbsp;of the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins next week. Dear SPS Families&nbsp;and Staff,&nbsp;The&nbsp;Seattle&nbsp;portion&nbsp;of the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins next week. This is an exciting opportunity to celebrate&nbsp;international&nbsp;sports in our city, and it will also bring increased activity and traffic across the area.&nbsp;Matches will be held at Lumen Field&nbsp;(Seattle Stadium), drawing large crowds and&nbsp;impacting&nbsp;travel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}