The closures would impact hundreds of teachers and staff while devastating working class communities across Seattle. If one of the plans goes through, 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 ...
Seattle Public Schools employees will get a 10.5 percent raise in a one-year tentative contract, according toThe Seattle Times. The deal, reports the Times, also includes five more days of paid parental leave for teachers, substitutes, and other staff members. Both sides announced late Friday n...
I have had a really good overall experience with Seattle Public Schools. The staff an teacher value learning and want to teach. One example I can come up with is in my history class junior year when we were learning about the civil war and slavery in America. My teacher warned us that ...
Seattle Times staff reporter Seattle Public Schools will kick off a series of online and in-person meetings this week to discuss the two school closure options it is considering. The district has scheduled a Zoom session for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, followed by five in-person regional meetings. T...
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Seattle Times staff reporter In District 3, eight candidates are vying for the Seattle City Council seat that will bevacated by three-term Councilmember Kshama Sawantat the end of the year. They are Shobhit Agarwal, who works in retail; Ry Armstrong, an artist and activist; Andrew Ashio...
The district said in an email to parents that it was "optimistic the bargaining teams will come to a positive solution for students, staff, and families." Districts around the country have faced labor challenges as the pandemic put extraordinary stress on teachers and students alike. An infusion...
A primary goal of the agenda was to align teaching practices with academic outcomes for students and to introduce performance-based practices into the management of teachers and staff. Focuses significantly on the interaction of the district's labor contracts with efforts to introduce teacher ...
By FOX 13 News Staff Published December 15, 2022 9:33am PST Education FOX 13 SeattleSeattle Superintendent discusses end of teacher strike, tentative agreement reached Seattle Public Schools superintendent Dr. Brent Jones spoke after the Seattle Educators Association announced that they would be...
If students do better in classrooms taught by staff that look like them, perhaps SPS should disruptthatreality and work on approaches that are universal so that you’re not making an argument for racially segregated classrooms. But the district is going in the opposite direction....