Seattle Public Schools recently underwent a revolutionary change in their educational specifying process. Led by facilities Executive Director John Vacchiery and Director Nan Stavnshoj, the district now requires that all new or remodeled middle and high school projects funded by the district follow a student centered dynamic, rather than a limited, prescribed methodology, in their approach to school design. Seattle, with its "School Design Process Manual," has turned the process upside down. At the manual's heart is a rubric or self-evaluational matrix that administrators and teachers at the school must fully embrace before the 4-step activity design process may begin. It is comprised of a four-column inventory of everyday school characteristics ranging from "undeveloped" to "transformed" associated with each of the seven guiding principles or themes of educational reform. After this self-analysis, the administration and staff together must create a transformation plan and set realistic school goals to improve their student learning effort, then embark on a series of activities that are described here. (Contains 2 diagrams.)