{"id":2241766,"date":"2024-05-10T12:25:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-school-board-may-close-around-20-elementary-schools-to-address-104m-deficit\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T12:30:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:30:07","slug":"seattle-school-board-may-close-around-20-elementary-schools-to-address-104m-deficit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-school-board-may-close-around-20-elementary-schools-to-address-104m-deficit\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle School Board considers shutting down approximately 20 elementary schools due to a $104M deficit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseattle-school-board-may-close-around-20-elementary-schools-to-address-104m-deficit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2241766&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Seattle School Board has approved a \u200dplan to address a $104 million\u200c budget deficit, potentially closing 20 elementary schools. The &#8220;well-resourced\u2063 schools&#8221; initiative aims to optimize the district with around\u200c 50 K-5 sites,\u200d with 10\u2063 per \u2063region post the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-public-schools-considering-closures-as-enrollment-declines\/\" title=\"Seattle Public Schools Considering Closures as Enrollment Declines\">2024-2025 school year<\/a>. No \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-rushes-appeal-against-court-ruling-in-effort-to-keep-censorship-regime-intact\/\" title=\"Biden admin swiftly appeals court ruling to maintain censorship regime.\">school \u200cclosures<\/a> or consolidations are planned for the 2024-25 academic year. The Seattle School Board has endorsed a\u200c strategy to tackle a $104 million budget deficit, which may involve shutting down 20 elementary schools. The &#8220;well-resourced schools&#8221;\u2063 project seeks to streamline the district by having approximately 50 K-5 sites, ten \u2064in each region starting from the 2024-2025 school year. There \u200bare\u200d no scheduled school closures or consolidations for the 2024-25 academic year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 The Seattle School Board has unanimously approved a plan to address a $104 million budget deficit that could include closing approximately 20 elementary schools.<\/p>\n<p>The district\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleschools.org\/news\/well-resourced-schools-community-meetings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>well-resourced schools<\/strong><\/a>\u201d plan finds the district would be better accommodated with approximately 50 K-5 sites, with 10 per region after the 2024-2025 school year. There are no plans for school closures or consolidations for the 2024-25 school year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/seattleschools.sharepoint.com\/sites\/SPSBoardOffice-O365\/Shared%20Documents\/Forms\/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FSPSBoardOffice%2DO365%2FShared%20Documents%2FSchool%20Board%2FBoard%20Meetings%2F2023%2D24%2F2024%2D05%2D08%20Regular%20Board%20Meeting%2FA02%5F20240508%5FWell%2DResourced%20Schools%5Fupdated20240508%2Epdf&#038;parent=%2Fsites%2FSPSBoardOffice%2DO365%2FShared%20Documents%2FSchool%20Board%2FBoard%20Meetings%2F2023%2D24%2F2024%2D05%2D08%20Regular%20Board%20Meeting&#038;p=true&#038;ga=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>district<\/strong><\/a>, closing a school could save Seattle Public Schools between $750,000 to $2 million.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbo-says-infrastructure-bill-will-add-over-250-billion-to-the-deficit-over-the-next-decade\/\" title=\"CBO Says Infrastructure Bill Will Add Over 0 Billion To The Deficit Over The Next Decade\">projected deficit<\/a> of $104 million for the 2024-2025 school year could increase to $129 million for 2025-2026, and $153 million for the 2026-2027 school year if the district fails to balance the budget. <\/p>\n<p>Currently, the district has 73 K-5 schools, with 29 elementary schools serving fewer than 300 students. <\/p>\n<p>In comparison, the Bellevue, Renton, Lake Washington, Shoreline and Highline school districts do not have any elementary schools with fewer than 300 students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know how difficult it is going to be for our community. I think it\u2019s our duty to really bring our system into stability,\u201d Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Brent Jones said at Wednesday night\u2019s  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c2mdLnJuwiU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-school-district-announces-policy-to-push-anti-racist-thinking-in-preschool-redefine-discrimination-and-racism\/\" title=\"Maryland School District Announces Policy to Push \u2018Anti-Racist Thinking\u2019 In Preschool, Redefine \u2018Discrimination\u2019 and \u2018Racism\u2019\">school board meeting<\/a><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Public Schools points to the district\u2019s consistently decreasing enrollment. Currently, enrollment at Seattle Public Schools is approximately 48,000 students across 104 school buildings. From 2019 through 2023, enrollment at the district has decreased by 4,900 students, which has resulted in an $81 million drop in revenue. <\/p>\n<p>District enrollment peaked in 1964 with 94,042 students throughout 117 buildings.<\/p>\n<p>The district\u2019s total student-teacher ratio has dipped below 30 since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstatereportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us\/ReportCard\/ViewSchoolOrDistrict\/100229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>data<\/strong><\/a> from the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.<\/p>\n<p>Jones will bring preliminary 2024-2025 school year budget recommendations to the Seattle School Board in June.<\/p>\n<p>The Seattle Public Schools School Board is scheduled to vote on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defund-the-police-dc-mayor-now-offering-20k-hiring-bonus-to-recruit-more-cops\/\" title=\"\"Defund the Police\" DC Mayor Now Offering k Hiring Bonus to Recruit More Cops\">final budget<\/a> for the next school year in July.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seattle School Board has approved a plan to tackle a $104 million budget shortfall, potentially leading to the closure of about 20 elementary schools. The proposed &#8220;well-resourced schools&#8221; strategy envisions a shift to approximately 50 K-5 sites, with 10 schools per region by the 2024-2025 academic year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2241767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24014160536170-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2241766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24014160536170-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2241767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}