Seattle teachers protest $39.7 million in cuts to librarians, administrators
Several dozen Garfield High School teachers staged a "walk-in" Thursday morning to protest a school funding shortage that will cut librarians, assistant principals, and administrators at certain schools next year.
The teachers called on the state Legislature to fully fund education as Seattle Public Schools faces millions in budget reductions.
“In a city with this much wealth, in a city where you see cranes on every corner and you have some of the wealthiest corporations, it doesn’t make any sense that we have a $40 million budget shortfall in Seattle Public Schools,” said Garfield teacher Jesse Hagopian, who teaches U.S. history and ethnic studies.
Part of the cuts stem from the Legislature's solution to the McCleary decision, where the Supreme Court ruled Washington state wasn’t adequately funding education. As part of the fix, the Legislature capped the amount of levy money schools could collect to whichever was less: $2,500 per student or $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value. However, some large urban districts said that negatively impacts them disproportionately.
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