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Showdown this afternoon on funding school switch to 2-tier schedule (UPDATED)

On 06/12/2017 By Kevin Schofield In budget, education, tax, transportation

UPDATED: see below This afternoon the City Council plans to decide whether to divert $2.3 million of surplus funds from the Families and Education Levy to cover Seattle Public Schools’ busing costs for switching from a 3-tier to a 2-tier schedule. And the debate is getting ugly.

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School schedules and crossing guards send the Council off on a tangent

On 06/07/2017 By Kevin Schofield In budget, education

There was one big item on Monday afternoon’s Full Council agenda: the soda tax. But before the Council could get to it, it took a ten-minute digression into a tense debate on whether to throw some money at the Seattle Public School District to help it dig out of some of its problems.

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Soda tax: it’s complicated.

On 05/06/2017 By Kevin Schofield In education, public health, tax

The Mayor has proposed a new sales tax on sugary beverages. In the Council’s first discussion on the new tax, it quickly became clear that there is significant disagreement on one big issue: how to spend the proceeds.

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Harrell pushing for expanding public Wi-Fi in Seattle

On 04/21/2017 By Kevin Schofield In budget, education, IT, utilities

Wednesday afternoon in his Education, Equity and Governance Committee, Council President Bruce Harrell pushed the Seattle IT department to go farther and faster in investigating public Wi-Fi as an alternative to municipal broadband in key areas of the city.

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Notes from Monday Council meetings

On 05/16/2016 By Kevin Schofield In bicycling, committee, council briefing, education, full council, homeless, human services, preschool, transportation, zoning

It was a pretty tepid day in Council Chamber, but here are a few interesting tidbits worth noting.

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This week: it’s all about the committees

On 02/28/2016 By Kevin Schofield In committee, council briefing, education, full council, labor, this week, transportation, zoning

All the fun is in the committees this week.

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News roundup: homelessness

On 02/10/2016 By Kevin Schofield In crime, education, homeless, human services, marijuana, news, police

In the run-up to this afternoon’s meeting,  the city’s response to the homelessness crisis is dominating the news this morning.  Plus a few other tidbits.

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News roundup: SODO arena, plus more

On 01/26/2016 By Kevin Schofield In education, election, labor, news, transportation, zoning

A little bit of everything today, starting with the SODO Arena.

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School Board Responds to City Council on Before and After School Childcare

On 01/25/2016 By Kevin Schofield In education, human services, preschool, zoning

Early last week, the City Council sent a letter to the School Board expressing its concern over the possibility that before- and after-school childcare programs might get bumped off of school properties next year.  Late last week, the Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Larry Nyland, responded.

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News roundup: Airbnb, homeless, and more

On 01/22/2016 By Kevin Schofield In crime, education, homeless, housing, human services, news, transportation

Lots going on today. Homeless encampments for RV’s, criticism of the city’s sweeps of unauthorized encampments, and potential regulation of Airbnb top the list.

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