Last-minute closures in Seattle Public Schools this week have prompted students to organize a sickout, threaten a strike, demand improved safety protocols and call for more transparency from the state’s largest school district.
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The private Facebook group, Reopen Seattle Public Schools, advertised their willingness to push back against the teachers union s attempts to control this conversation. Facebook Screengrab
At their June meeting the King County Democrats Endorsement Committee decided against recommending Vivian Song Maritz in the primary race for a northwest Seattle school board seat after learning that she participated in a Facebook group that was opposed to collective bargaining around the reopening of schools.
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The John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence, Seattle Public School headquarters, on February 27th, 2021. Credit: KUOW Photo/Ann Dornfeld
Seattle Schools says many essential staff will be called back to classrooms in March By
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Seattle Public Schools informed hundreds of teachers and other school staff that they may be among those called back to buildings beginning March 8 to teach in-person classes.
This is before the district reaches a reopening agreement with Seattle Education Association.
In a controversial move, the School Board voted Thursday to classify staff members who serve some of the highest-needs students with disabilities, as well as those in the districtâs preschool and Head Start programs, as essential.