the number of Seattle public elementary schools would be reduced from 63 to either 52 or 56. About 50 percent of Seattle’s students will be forced to change schools, according to the district’s own numbers. It has not been announced when the next school board meeting will take place. Th...
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 ...
To find someone to lead the state’s largest school district through an uncertain year ahead, Seattle Public Schools will call in help from one of its own. On Wednesday, the Seattle School Board selected Brent Jones, a former district administrator and graduate of ...
“Leslie fights for students, making sure the kids are at the heart of everything Seattle Public Schools does.” King County Council member Joe McDermott “She’s a veteran school board member now, with an eye for detail and a take-no-bullshit-from-anyone-including-Timmy’s-mother kind of...
The 11 charges were filed in March by Seattle Public Schools parents and community members Emily Cherkin, Jennifer Crow and Beverely Goodman. They accused six board members of failing to plan for schools reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Why not treat everyone the same and focus on underachievers across the board? SPS won’t say. Instead, it argues that helping this demographic will lift all students. But the district does abide by the concept of “targeted universalism,” can explain its general approach. The...
In a Tight 4-3 Vote, the Seattle School Board Has Voted to Extend a Contract with Coca-Cola That Will Allow the Soda Manufacturer to Continue to Operate Vending Machines in Seattle Public SchoolsIn a tight 4-3 vote, the Seattle School Board has voted to extend a contract with Coca-Cola...
Seattle Public School Board and Seattle Public School Superintendent Denise Juneau immediately severall existing contracts, and all financial ties, with the Seattle Police Department(following the lead of Minneapolis Public Schools which terminated all contracts with its city’s police and publ...
Seattle Public Schools is willfully misleading L&I The encampment is steps away from Broadview-Thomson’s playground. The school district owns the land, and they refuse tosweep it. The school board, run by progressive activist Chandra Hampson, argues sweeps are inhumane. It puts...
Starting Thursday, March 12, Superintendent Denise Juneau and the Seattle School Board will close Seattle Public Schools for a minimum of 14 days as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently guides.This necessary action is an effective way to disrupt widespread infection. ...