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Highline College held a community forum on July 22, 2020, addressing COVID-19 impacts, anti-racism efforts, and budget planning under the theme 'Making Highline the Constant in Uncertain Times.' The college serves approximately 16,000 students across programs including English learning, transfer education, career and technical education, and six Bachelor of Applied Science degree programs. Note: this document does not contain content directly related to Sea-Tac Airport noise policy.

This document contains the agenda for a Highline Forum meeting held on September 28, 2016, at Highline College in Des Moines, WA, focused on the theme of education. It also includes facts about a November 8 bond measure proposed by Highline Public Schools, which sought to raise $299 million to fund new school construction, safety upgrades, and expanded capacity to accommodate projected enrollment growth of over 2,400 students. The bond would have impacted homeowners with an estimated tax increase of approximately $197.50 per year on a $250,000 assessed home value.

This document is an agenda and presentation from a Highline Forum meeting held on September 24, 2014, hosted by Highline Public Schools and Highline College at the Educational Resource and Administration Center in Burien, near Sea-Tac Airport. The meeting focused on education topics, including the strategic plans of both institutions, a proposed bond measure, and K-12 and higher education partnerships. Highline Public Schools serves nearly 19,000 students across 38 schools, with a diverse population speaking over 95 languages and a large proportion qualifying for free or reduced-price meals.

The Highline Forum, hosted by the City of Burien on May 22, 2013, focused on the theme of Education and Partnerships between cities, schools, and the Port. The agenda included presentations on existing Burien/Schools and Burien/Port partnerships, including the revitalization of the NERA (noise-impacted area), as well as discussions on wellness, jobs, and the long-running Seahurst Project. The forum reflects ongoing efforts by Burien and its regional partners to address shared community challenges, including those tied to Sea-Tac Airport's impact on neighboring areas.

Highline School District No. 401 used multiple funding sources — including voter-approved bonds from 2002 and 2006, State Construction Assistance Funds, Port of Seattle/FAA funds, and State Department of Commerce funds — to build 13 new replacement elementary schools and one new replacement high school. The Port of Seattle and FAA funding connection reflects the district's location near Sea-Tac Airport, where aircraft noise mitigation has historically supported school construction projects. The new elementary schools feature 66,500 square feet, 26 classrooms, earthquake reinforcement, air-conditioning, and other modern amenities suited to the noise-impacted communities they serve.

A study tracking 326 schoolchildren around Munich's old and new airports found that exposure to aircraft noise impaired children's reading and long-term memory, while children who were relieved of noise when the old airport closed showed improvements in those same areas. Researchers tested the children before and after the airports switched operations, carefully matching noise-exposed and non-exposed groups by socioeconomic background. The findings suggest that aircraft noise has measurable, but potentially reversible, effects on key cognitive skills in school-age children.