With the clock ticking on a tight timeline and public opposition mounting to two Seattle Public Schools closure proposals that could displace thousands of students, all sevenSeattle School Board members have expressed doubts about the options. School Board Director Gina Topp wants Superintendent...
After delaying a vote on the issue twice, Seattle Public Schools board members are now urging the state Department of Health to begin a review to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the list of immunizations required to attend school. During Wednesday’s regular ...
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three years, in addition to a state-approved 3 percent cost-of-living increase. The district's latest wage proposal offers nearly 9 percent over three years.Public school teachers in Washington last got a cost of living increase from the state six years ago,according to CBS News affiliate KIR...
Rajul said the decision to close schools is a “discretionary act and members of a school board cannot be recalled unless they arbitrarily or unreasonably exercised such discretion.” The School Board, she decided, did not make decisions surrounding school closures in an arbitrary or un...
Our public schools need our support and a firm commitment to eliminating the racial inequities existing for decades in Seattle. To do this, we need strong school board directors who will set specific goals and effective policies. We need board directors who understand their role to establish budge...
Below, you also will find video of longtime WMRRA members talking of their passion for the association and for motorcycle racing in general, 6 additional photos and 10 historical clips from The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer online archive (available via Seattle Public Library), Newspa...
Seattle Pride's Statement on Kent School Board Considering Banning LGBTQ+ Themed Books June 07, 2022 Read on for more Read More News Seattle Honoring LGBTQIA+ Servicemembers on Memorial Day May 27, 2022 In honor of those who served.
41 are (from right) Seattle’s first woman firefighter Bonnie Beers, who is profiled in “Magnolia: More Memories & Milestones,” and Magnolia Historical Society board members and project volunteers Monica Wooton, Emily Wooton, Mike Musselwhite, Greg Shaw, Sherrie Quinton, Melissa Islam, Claudia...
This study examines how and why the Seattle superintendents and members of the Seattle School Board responded to declining enrollment in a period of severe retrenchment by analyzing the strategies and decisionmaking processes adopted by these school officials and the turbulent context in which the ...