Dr. Kelly Aramaki's great-grandfather immigrated to Bellevue in 1900.
Dr. Kelly AramakiHis family's roots in this community run deep. He was born and raised in Bellevue and is a graduate of Newport High School. His father is a Sammamish High School grad and his grandfather graduated from Bellevue High School in 1931.
"He ended up starting a farm under my grandparent's name because, at that time, people who were from Japan couldn't own land," said Aramaki. "When we don't talk about the Japanese Americans when we teach about Bellevue history, then my family is completely erased from the history of Bellevue," said Aramaki.
The district will soon have a demographer look at enrollment numbers in the middle schools and decide if consolidation is also necessary to balance enrollment.
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