Seattle Public Schools

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Education

With school cutbacks in the air, Seattle parents embrace neighborhood schools

As several Seattle schools faced the threat of closure this past year, KUOW decided to look at the role schools play in a neighborhood, and the sometimes hidden ways they knit together a community.
Sami West
Education

A troubling trend. Seattle reports another 20% increase in homeless students

More than 2,200 Seattle public school students say they are or have been homeless since the school year began. That's a nearly 20% increase from last year, when the district recorded a more than 30% jump.
Sami West
Education

Free online therapy for teens and young adults is coming to Seattle

City leaders announced a new partnership with Talkspace, an online behavioral health care company, on Tuesday. Those services are now available across Seattle, free of charge to anyone between the ages of 13 and 24.
Sami West
Education

Judge throws out attempted recall of Seattle School Board president

A King County Superior Court judge on Monday dismissed the attempted recall of Seattle School Board President Liza Rankin.
Sami West
Education

Seattle Public Schools drops contentious closure plan following months of waffling amid backlash

Seattle Public Schools’ plan to shutter four schools next fall is dead — at least for now.
Sami West
Sports

Seattle's Roosevelt High finally made the football playoffs, but did they recruit players to get there?

Roosevelt High School in Seattle is under investigation by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association for alleged football recruiting violations as the team heads to state playoffs for the first time in a decade.
Ann Dornfeld
Education

'This is the worst.' Seattle parents, students react to school closure plans

Seattle Public Schools officials are trying to ease concerns about proposals to close four elementary schools. But it's a tough sell.
Sami West
Education

Seattle School Board president faces recall effort over handling of school closures

As Seattle Public Schools faces continued public backlash over proposed school closures, a group of parents is attempting to recall board President Liza Rankin.
Sami West
Crime

Father of Garfield student killed at school begs witnesses to 'do the right thing'

On June 6, 17-year-old Amarr Murphy-Paine was fatally shot outside Seattle's Garfield High School during lunchtime. His father, Arron, sat down with KUOW for his first media interview since Amarr's death to remember his son's life — and seek information from the public to help police solve the case.
Ann Dornfeld
Education

Seattle Schools pays former student record $16 million to settle Garfield coach sex abuse lawsuit

Seattle Public Schools will pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit by a former student who says two Garfield High School coaches sexually abused her for years, the largest-ever tort claim settlement in district history.
Ann Dornfeld

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