Seattle Public Schools

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Education

No resource officers, more counselors: How Seattle hopes to improve school safety

Seattle Public Schools students may notice more security staff and mental health supports — but no return of school resource officers— when they return to classrooms next month.
Sami West
Crime

Former coach charged with child rape has been attending Seattle school sporting events, judge finds

A former Garfield High School coach charged with raping a student violated his electronic home monitoring conditions by attending numerous high school sporting events last winter, according to a judge's findings.
Ann Dornfeld
Education

Mental health pilot program at Seattle schools is working, but challenges remain

Officials say they are seeing results from a pilot program that began last year to provide enhanced mental health services for students at a handful of Seattle schools. But they say the need for those services across the district remains high.
Diana Opong
Education

With school closures looming, Seattle Public Schools passes belt-tightening budget

Seattle Public Schools' newly-passed budget closes a nearly $105 million budget gap — and tees up likely school closures in the fall of 2025.
Sami West
Education

How will Seattle Public Schools leaders decide which elementary schools should close?

For months, Seattle Public Schools parents and community members have been asking district leaders to "show their work" to prove that shuttering 20 elementary schools is necessary.
Sami West
Education

Families won't know which Seattle schools may close until fall

Seattle Public Schools families have braced for a list to come out this month, naming 20 elementary schools that might close. But SPS leaders will not be releasing that list this summer after all.
Sami West
Education

No off-campus lunch, more police: Seattle Schools considers safety changes amid gun violence concerns

Seattle school leaders are planning safety and security improvements for next school year, in the wake of a shooting at Garfield High School that left a student dead and the community reeling.
Sami West
Education

Dozens gather for unity walk honoring Garfield High School shooting victim

Dozens of people gathered to mourn a Garfield High School student killed last week and called for community-wide change during a unity walk through Seattle's Central District on Thursday.
Sami West
Education

Locking up students' cell phones? This Seattle school is about to try it

A Seattle middle school is launching a new program to crack down on students using cell phones in class.
Sami West
Education

Why are so many Seattle kids leaving public school for private?

In the wake of the pandemic, enrollment in private and home schools has soared in Washington state and across the country. How much are those shifts contributing to Seattle Public Schools' declining enrollment — and the budget crisis that comes with it?
Sami West

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