Ken Woolcott is a multi-faceted and talented entrepreneur whose accomplishments are manifold. Aside from being an attorney and business owner with over 20 years of experience in the biotech and high tech industry, he once held a minority interest in the former Seattle Supersonics, and has been passionate in his pursuit to bring a pro-basketball team back to Seattle. Now he has brought another new venture to life and this time it’s in education. He’s leveraging his assets and his business acumen to build the downtown Seattle-based Emerald City School.
The newly minted Emerald City School serves students with learning difficulties/differences in grades one through nine, including those who have been diagnosed with specific learning disabilities (LD) such as dyslexia (reading), dysgraphia (writing), and dyscalculia (math). The school has also been designed to meet the needs of a whole range of children with attention challenges (ADHD, ADD), Executive Functioning difficulties (problems with planning, organizing, strategizing, paying attention, and remembering), and autism (at the milder end of the spectrum).
Ken Woolcott was inspired by his son Spencer, who had learning challenges that weren’t being met by the Seattle Public Schools. After researching both public and private schools, Woolcott determined that none of the available programs were a good fit for his son.
What began as a personal mission for Woolcott expanded into a much larger vision. He recognized that other children had needs similar to his son Spencer. From a business standpoint, Woolcott determined that there was a market and a need for a new school. He also felt that he was bringing tremendous value to the greater community by providing more options to parents to help them meet their children’s educational needs.
Emerald City School
By PR for People Team