Seattle Schools To Use New State Funds To Avoid Planned Staffing Cuts
Following a cash infusion from the state and agitation from building-level staff, Seattle Public Schools administrators announced this week they won't be cutting staff members at schools after...
View ArticleOn Pace For 60,000 Kids By Decade's End, Seattle Schools' Enrollment Grows Again
Another 1,300 children will pack into already-crowded Seattle Public Schools next year as the district rides a wave of population growth that, if trends hold, could swell enrollment to more than 60,000...
View ArticleWhich Math Books Will Seattle Kids Use? School Board To Vote Tonight
Most Seattle elementary students will likely be using new math textbooks next year, and if a few members of the school board have their way, they might not all be the same textbooks.Seattle School...
View ArticleSeattle Schools Superintendent Banda Poised To Leave Post For Sacramento Job
Seattle Public Schools Superintendent JoséBanda expects to leave his post before the end of July after being named the only finalist for a superintendent position in Sacramento, California.The...
View ArticleA School In Downtown Seattle? School Board Will Make A Play For Old Bank Site
Seattle school officials will officially ask to move into a vacant, federally-owned building in the heart of the city, offering advocates for downtown interests a shot at something they've long sought:...
View ArticleWith Wash. State's NCLB Waiver Now Gone, Seattle Schools Seeks Its Own Exemption
Earlier this year, Washington became the first state in the nation to lose its reprieve from the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Now, Seattle Public Schools wants to become the first district in the...
View ArticleSeattle School Board To Appoint Interim Superintendent At Special Meeting
The Seattle School Board will hold a special meeting on Friday to select an interim superintendent, district officials said.The 4:15 meeting, which will be streamed online, will be followed by a news...
View ArticleSeattle School Board Names Former Marysville Leader As Interim Superintendent
The Seattle School Board has named former Marysville School District Superintendent Larry Nyland as its interim superintendent.The board made the announcement following a special meeting Friday.
View ArticleReport Faults Seattle Schools For 'Lack Of Urgency' In Serving Most...
Seattle Public Schools' efforts to educate students with disabilities of all sorts are "in need of urgent, substantial and significant improvement,"according to a scathing report released Tuesday,...
View ArticleDowntown Seattle Groups See Golden Opportunity For Their Own Neighborhood...
Seattle Public Schools officials may soon get their best opportunity in years to open a public elementary school downtown, and various downtown interests are now pressing district leaders to take...
View ArticleSeattle Schools To Convene Task Force To Review Handling Of Sex Assault Claims
Seattle school leaders will convene a task force to review the district's handling of sexual assault cases, acknowledging in a statement late Wednesday that "substantial work is required to bring the...
View ArticleState Freezes Part Of Seattle's Special Ed Funding As District Takes Step To...
State education officials have raised the stakes in Seattle Public Schools' efforts to improve services for the district's most vulnerable students, recently announcing they will hold back $3 million...
View ArticleFour Red Flags Found In One Seattle School's Now-Invalidated Test Results
Someone altered test responses at Seattle's Beacon Hill International School in a way that significantly increased the elementary school's test scores. State education officials have now thrown out the...
View ArticleSeattle Teachers Vote Down School Building Budgets In Protest Of Looming...
Teachers in 25 Seattle Public Schools have voted to reject their buildings' budgets for the next school year, and more may follow suit in the coming week.Local teachers and union leaders coordinated...
View ArticleSeattle Public Schools: Spike In Marijuana Use Not Just Seen At Roosevelt High
Roosevelt High School has invited an expert on teen substance abuse to address concerned parents after the the school's principal sent a letter to parents about an increase in drug and alcohol use at...
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