Seattle schools staying open despite Seahawks Super Bowl parade, absences unexcused

Seattle Seahawks fans volition undoubtedly travel retired successful droves for Wednesday’s Super Bowl celebration, but for students partying, it volition wounded their attendance records.

Seattle Public Schools announced earlier this week that schools volition not lone enactment open, but going to the parade volition not number arsenic an excused absence.

"Seattle is buzzing with excitement arsenic we observe the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl victory! Moments similar this bring our metropolis together, spark pridefulness crossed generations, and punctual america of the powerfulness of shared experiences successful our community," Seattle Public Schools Chief Operations Officer Fred Podesta said successful a letter. "As the metropolis plans celebrations, including a triumph parade planned for Wednesday, Feb. 11, astatine 10 a.m., we privation families to cognize that Seattle Public Schools volition stay unfastened with the mean early-release Wednesday schedule.

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Elijah Arroyo of the Seattle Seahawks lifts the Vince Lombardi Trophy aft the NFL Super Bowl LX shot crippled against the New England Patriots, astatine Levi's Stadium connected Feb. 8, 2026, successful Santa Clara, California. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

"Keeping schools unfastened is an important portion of maintaining stability, safety, and continuity for our students. For galore families, schools supply not lone learning, but besides meals, transportation, specialized services, and trusted routines. Remaining unfastened allows america to enactment students’ world advancement portion ensuring indispensable services proceed for those who trust connected them …

"We promote families to observe this historical infinitesimal successful ways that enactment champion for your household, portion besides helping america support learning beardown crossed the district. Thank you for your concern and enactment arsenic we equilibrium solemnisation with our shared committedness to students. Go Hawks!"

Sam Darnold of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy aft winning Super Bowl LX against the New England Patriots astatine Levi's Stadium connected Feb. 8, 2026 successful Santa Clara, California. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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The solemnisation volition statesman astatine Lumen Field astatine 10 a.m. PT with a parade commencing an hr aboriginal passim the city.

It’s the 2nd clip the Seahawks person taken the Lombardi Trophy to the Pacific Northwest, besides winning Super Bowl XLVIII successful New Jersey against the Denver Broncos.

It was an 11-year hold for revenge for Seattle, who defeated the New England Patriots implicit a decennary aft Malcolm Butler's infamous interception astatine the extremity line.

Seattle Seahawks backmost Sam Darnold (14) celebrates his team’s triumph implicit the New England Patriots during Super Bowl LX astatine Levi’s Stadium successful Santa Clara, California, connected Feb. 8, 2026. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

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Kenneth Walker III was named the game's MVP with 135 rushing yards.

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