Seattle Public Schools |
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Seattle, Washington |
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Superintendent: Brent Jones |
# of school board members: 7 |
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Seattle Public Schools is a school district in Washington.
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Brent Jones is the interim superintendent of Seattle Public Schools. Jones began serving in an interim capacity on May 1, 2021, following Superintendent Denise Juneau's resignation. Jones' previous career experience includes serving as Seattle Public Schools' chief officer of equity, partnerships, and engagement and assistant general manager of strategy and partnerships for King County Metro.[1]
The Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Members are elected to specific geographic districts.[6] Members run within their districts during primaries and citywide during general elections.[7]
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This officeholder information was last updated on July 23, 2021. Please contact us with any updates. |
Elections for the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors are held in November of odd-numbered years with primaries in August. Elections are staggered so that three or four seats are up for election each cycle.
Three seats on the board were up for general election on November 2, 2021. A primary was scheduled for August 3, 2021.
The Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:[8]
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Public Testimony at Regular School Board Meetings It is important for all community members to feel welcome and safe in the Board’s business meetings. Audience members will be expected to treat all attendees with respect and civility, just as Seattle Public Schools expects of students in our school. How to Sign Up Per Board Procedure 1430BP, the order of public testimony will be determined as follows: the student speaker from the assigned district high school and then those speaking to agenda action items, then agenda introduction items, and then items of general interest. Current district students who sign up through the process outlined in Board Procedure 1430BP, identify themselves as students, and are among the 20 (or 25) speakers on the speakers list, will be placed immediately following the first speaking slot. The Board agenda is posted by close of business the Friday before Board meetings. The School Board Office will take sign-ups for the public testimony list starting at 8 a.m. on the Monday before regular Board meetings and continue until 12 p.m. Tuesday before the meeting. The final list of public testimony will be posted on the meeting's agenda by the close of business the day before the regular Board meeting. All meeting agendas are located on the Board agenda webpage. To sign up for public testimony, members of the public should do one of the following:
Please provide the following information when signing up for testimony:
Please note: Speakers must sign up for themselves, with the exception of students signed up by a parent or guardian and individuals who may need an accommodation for the public testimony sign-up process, including those with disabilities or those requiring language interpretation services. Additionally, if complete information is not provided, you will not be included on the list. The Board Office will not follow-up to obtain correct information or tell you where you are on the list. Please visit this page for information on ADA Access. General Rules Public Testimony at Regular Board Meetings is governed by Audience Participation Board Policy No. 1430 and Board Procedure 1430BP. There are twenty (20) speaking spots available at each Regular Legislative Board meeting. Each speaker on the public testimony list will have up to two (2) minutes to speak. In the event that thirty five (35) or more public testimony requests are received prior to the start of the Board meeting, an additional five (5) speaking slots will be made available for that meeting only, for a total of twenty five (25) speakers. If you want to give (cede) your time to someone else, you must attend the Board meeting and announce this to the Board when it is your turn to speak. The person to whom you cede your time, will receive the remainder of your 2 minutes and should speak to the same topic. As you have ceded your speaking time, you will not be able to speak again at the meeting. If you have handouts to give to the Board, please bring 10 copies and give them to Board staff ahead of the meeting. No one should approach the dais with handouts.[9] |
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From 1993 to 2013, the Seattle school district had an average of $506,864,762 in revenue and $509,368,000 in expenditures, according to the United States Census Bureau's survey of school system finances. The district had a yearly average of $118,729,905 in outstanding debt. The district retired $21,171,857 of its debt and issued $25,718,238 in new debt each year on average.[10]
The table below separates the district's revenue into the three sources identified by the agency: local, state, and federal.
Revenue by Source | |||||||||||
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Fiscal Year |
Local | State | Federal | Revenue Total | |||||||
Total | % of Revenue | Total | % of Revenue | Total | % of Revenue |
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1993 | $100,197,000 | 32.88% | $180,016,000 | 59.08% | $24,479,000 | 8.03% | $304,692,000 | ||||
1994 | $81,127,000 | 27.19% | $193,124,000 | 64.73% | $24,124,000 | 8.09% | $298,375,000 | ||||
1995 | $87,606,000 | 28.05% | $198,562,000 | 63.58% | $26,125,000 | 8.37% | $312,293,000 | ||||
1996 | $119,052,000 | 34.40% | $203,225,000 | 58.72% | $23,823,000 | 6.88% | $346,100,000 | ||||
1997 | $151,391,000 | 39.30% | $208,109,000 | 54.02% | $25,757,000 | 6.69% | $385,257,000 | ||||
1998 | $157,305,000 | 39.01% | $215,008,000 | 53.32% | $30,939,000 | 7.67% | $403,252,000 | ||||
1999 | $181,239,000 | 41.21% | $224,576,000 | 51.06% | $33,993,000 | 7.73% | $439,808,000 | ||||
2000 | $194,867,000 | 42.27% | $229,645,000 | 49.81% | $36,503,000 | 7.92% | $461,015,000 | ||||
2001 | $209,774,000 | 43.63% | $231,805,000 | 48.21% | $39,196,000 | 8.15% | $480,775,000 | ||||
2002 | $215,485,000 | 43.13% | $240,434,000 | 48.13% | $43,671,000 | 8.74% | $499,590,000 | ||||
2003 | $222,953,000 | 43.43% | $241,802,000 | 47.10% | $48,581,000 | 9.46% | $513,336,000 | ||||
2004 | $225,780,000 | 42.89% | $250,003,000 | 47.50% | $50,583,000 | 9.61% | $526,366,000 | ||||
2005 | $236,064,000 | 44.27% | $246,896,000 | 46.30% | $50,332,000 | 9.44% | $533,292,000 | ||||
2006 | $246,541,000 | 44.22% | $260,714,000 | 46.76% | $50,277,000 | 9.02% | $557,532,000 | ||||
2007 | $255,815,000 | 43.76% | $281,530,000 | 48.16% | $47,188,000 | 8.07% | $584,533,000 | ||||
2008 | $259,745,000 | 42.78% | $300,501,000 | 49.49% | $46,909,000 | 7.73% | $607,155,000 | ||||
2009 | $295,898,000 | 44.39% | $302,756,000 | 45.42% | $67,989,000 | 10.20% | $666,643,000 |
2010 | $287,545,000 | 43.75% | $299,678,000 | 45.59% | $70,060,000 | 10.66% | $657,283,000 |
2011 | $302,645,000 | 44.56% | $307,730,000 | 45.31% | $68,850,000 | 10.14% | $679,225,000 |
2012 | $320,912,000 | 46.88% | $307,249,000 | 44.89% | $56,340,000 | 8.23% | $684,501,000 |
2013 | $332,915,000 | 47.35% | $317,728,000 | 45.19% | $52,494,000 | 7.47% | $703,137,000 |
Avg. | $213,564,571 | 40.92% | $249,575,762 | 50.59% | $43,724,429 | 8.49% | $506,864,762 |
The table below separates the district's expenditures into five categories identified by the agency:
Expenditures by Category | |||||||||||
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Fiscal Year |
Instruction | Support Services | Capital Spending | Debt & Gov. Payments | Other | Budget Total | |||||
Total | % of Budget | Total | % of Budget | Total | % of Budget | Total | % of Budget | Total | % of Budget |
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1993 | $156,684,000 | 49.02% | $124,834,000 | 39.06% | $34,213,000 | 10.70% | $65,000 | 0.02% | $3,824,000 | 1.20% | $319,620,000 |
1994 | $157,323,000 | 49.87% | $131,072,000 | 41.55% | $22,340,000 | 7.08% | $49,000 | 0.02% | $4,678,000 | 1.48% | $315,462,000 |
1995 | $172,534,000 | 52.89% | $133,820,000 | 41.02% | $14,973,000 | 4.59% | $140,000 | 0.04% | $4,770,000 | 1.46% | $326,237,000 |
1996 | $175,086,000 | 53.47% | $136,212,000 | 41.60% | $10,216,000 | 3.12% | $119,000 | 0.04% | $5,818,000 | 1.78% | $327,451,000 |
1997 | $175,377,000 | 51.77% | $139,403,000 | 41.15% | $18,174,000 | 5.36% | $50,000 | 0.01% | $5,783,000 | 1.71% | $338,787,000 |
1998 | $183,566,000 | 44.65% | $142,043,000 | 34.55% | $79,944,000 | 19.44% | $57,000 | 0.01% | $5,545,000 | 1.35% | $411,155,000 |
1999 | $190,951,000 | 43.35% | $146,220,000 | 33.19% | $97,611,000 | 22.16% | $432,000 | 0.10% | $5,317,000 | 1.21% | $440,531,000 |
2000 | $204,060,000 | 41.67% | $153,696,000 | 31.38% | $126,174,000 | 25.76% | $383,000 | 0.08% | $5,430,000 | 1.11% | $489,743,000 |
2001 | $210,741,000 | 41.74% | $169,855,000 | 33.64% | $118,194,000 | 23.41% | $470,000 | 0.09% | $5,598,000 | 1.11% | $504,858,000 |
2002 | $243,137,000 | 42.99% | $176,139,000 | 31.14% | $137,383,000 | 24.29% | $3,281,000 | 0.58% | $5,628,000 | 1.00% | $565,568,000 |
2003 | $240,605,000 | 50.11% | $169,176,000 | 35.23% | $61,921,000 | 12.89% | $2,963,000 | 0.62% | $5,533,000 | 1.15% | $480,198,000 |
2004 | $240,486,000 | 49.67% | $167,227,000 | 34.54% | $68,239,000 | 14.09% | $2,899,000 | 0.60% | $5,316,000 | 1.10% | $484,167,000 |
2005 | $244,553,000 | 45.71% | $172,276,000 | 32.20% | $111,105,000 | 20.77% | $2,339,000 | 0.44% | $4,732,000 | 0.88% | $535,005,000 |
2006 | $241,388,000 | 43.68% | $175,992,000 | 31.85% | $128,210,000 | 23.20% | $1,900,000 | 0.34% | $5,127,000 | 0.93% | $552,617,000 |
2007 | $261,902,000 | 43.86% | $198,096,000 | 33.18% | $128,640,000 | 21.54% | $3,347,000 | 0.56% | $5,109,000 | 0.86% | $597,094,000 |
2008 | $275,237,000 | 42.47% | $203,774,000 | 31.44% | $144,338,000 | 22.27% | $19,091,000 | 2.95% | $5,682,000 | 0.88% | $648,122,000 |
2009 | $303,591,000 | 43.55% | $222,726,000 | 31.95% | $146,915,000 | 21.07% | $18,438,000 | 2.64% | $5,472,000 | 0.78% | $697,142,000 |
2010 | $310,050,000 | 42.54% | $220,243,000 | 30.22% | $177,849,000 | 24.40% | $15,294,000 | 2.10% | $5,337,000 | 0.73% | $728,773,000 |
2011 | $315,395,000 | 46.38% | $212,740,000 | 31.28% | $133,743,000 | 19.67% | $12,735,000 | 1.87% | $5,418,000 | 0.80% | $680,031,000 |
2012 | $325,689,000 | 52.17% | $217,823,000 | 34.89% | $65,040,000 | 10.42% | $9,956,000 | 1.59% | $5,733,000 | 0.92% | $624,241,000 |
2013 | $340,037,000 | 53.98% | $227,043,000 | 36.04% | $49,139,000 | 7.80% | $6,353,000 | 1.01% | $7,354,000 | 1.17% | $629,926,000 |
Avg. | $236,590,095 | 46.93% | $173,352,857 | 34.81% | $89,255,286 | 16.38% | $4,779,095 | 0.75% | $5,390,667 | 1.12% | $509,368,000 |
The table below shows the amount of debt retired, issued, and outstanding in the district for each year.
Debt | |||
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Fiscal Year |
Retired | Issued | Outstanding |
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1993 | $343,000 | $651,000 | $1,211,000 |
1994 | $291,000 | $275,000 | $2,838,000 |
1995 | $249,000 | $142,000 | $2,731,000 |
1996 | $248,000 | $81,000 | $2,207,000 |
1997 | $1,539,000 | $23,000 | $750,000 |
1998 | $0 | $10,000,000 | $10,750,000 |
1999 | $0 | $0 | $11,292,000 |
2000 | $0 | $5,120,000 | $16,412,000 |
2001 | $378,000 | $55,886,000 | $70,631,000 |
2002 | $451,000 | $15,459,000 | $85,639,000 |
2003 | $730,000 | $1,647,000 | $93,743,000 |
2004 | $3,216,000 | $4,721,000 | $95,247,000 |
2005 | $20,714,000 | $0 | $42,636,000 |
2006 | $500,000 | $0 | $40,885,000 |
2007 | $585,000 | $412,415,000 | $452,715,000 |
2008 | $30,985,000 | $0 | $421,730,000 |
2009 | $63,275,000 | $0 | $358,455,000 |
2010 | $97,555,000 | $33,080,000 | $293,980,000 |
2011 | $71,470,000 | $0 | $222,510,000 |
2012 | $74,250,000 | $0 | $148,260,000 |
2013 | $77,830,000 | $583,000 | $118,706,000 |
Avg. | $21,171,857 | $25,718,238 | $118,729,905 |
The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.
Year | Minimum | Maximum |
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2020-2021[11] | $51,310 | $118,757 |
Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.[12]
The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:[13]
School year | All (%) | Asian/Pacific Islander (%) |
Black (%) | Hispanic (%) | Native American (%) |
Two or More Races (%) |
White (%) |
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2018-2019 | 64 | 70 | 30 | 41 | 35-39 | 68 | 78 |
2017-2018 | 65 | 72 | 31 | 42 | 35-39 | 69 | 79 |
2016-2017 | 65 | 72 | 31 | 44 | 30-34 | 67 | 79 |
2015-2016 | 65 | 73 | 31 | 44 | 35-39 | 68 | 79 |
2014-2015 | 62 | 69 | 29 | 40 | 30-34 | 66 | 78 |
2013-2014 | 73 | 82 | 44 | 57 | 45-49 | 76 | 86 |
2012-2013 | 72 | 81 | 43 | 54 | 45-49 | 74 | 85 |
2011-2012 | 69 | 78 | 40 | 51 | 40-44 | 71 | 83 |
2010-2011 | 65 | 73 | 35 | 47 | 41 | 69 | 82 |
The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:[13]
School year | All (%) | Asian/Pacific Islander (%) |
Black (%) | Hispanic (%) | Native American (%) |
Two or More Races (%) |
White (%) |
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2018-2019 | 72 | 73 | 40 | 51 | 45-49 | 75 | 86 |
2017-2018 | 72 | 73 | 38 | 51 | 40-44 | 75 | 86 |
2016-2017 | 71 | 72 | 37 | 51 | 45-49 | 73 | 85 |
2015-2016 | 71 | 74 | 40 | 52 | 40-44 | 74 | 85 |
2014-2015 | 65 | 67 | 32 | 45 | 30-34 | 70 | 83 |
2013-2014 | 77 | 80 | 52 | 63 | 50-54 | 80 | 90 |
2012-2013 | 77 | 79 | 53 | 63 | 50-54 | 80 | 90 |
2011-2012 | 74 | 76 | 49 | 58 | 50-54 | 78 | 88 |
2010-2011 | 72 | 75 | 49 | 56 | 53 | 79 | 86 |
The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:[13][14]
School year | All (%) | Asian/Pacific Islander (%) |
Black (%) | Hispanic (%) | Native American (%) |
Two or More Races (%) |
White (%) |
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2017-2018 | 86 | 89 | 78 | 77 | ≥80 | 85-89 | 91 |
2016-2017 | 79 | 83 | 71 | 64 | 50-59 | 80-84 | 86 |
2015-2016 | 77 | 80 | 70 | 63 | 50-59 | 75-79 | 84 |
2014-2015 | 77 | 83 | 66 | 58 | 50-59 | 70-74 | 85 |
2013-2014 | 76 | 82 | 62 | 61 | 50-59 | 80-84 | 84 |
2012-2013 | 73 | 76 | 61 | 56 | 40-49 | 70-74 | 82 |
2011-2012 | 75 | 76 | 63 | 61 | 60-69 | 85-89 | 85 |
2010-2011 | 76 | 77 | 63 | 65 | 50-59 | ≥50 | 85 |
Year[15] | Enrollment | Year-to-year change (%) |
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2018-2019 | 55,271 | 1.3 |
2017-2018 | 54,573 | 0.7 |
2016-2017 | 54,215 | 1.7 |
2015-2016 | 53,317 | 0.9 |
2014-2015 | 52,834 | 3.8 |
2013-2014 | 50,905 | 0.5 |
2012-2013 | 50,655 | 2.8 |
2011-2012 | 49,269 | 3.3 |
2010-2011 | 47,705 | 2.5 |
2009-2010 | 46,522 | 1.2 |
2008-2009 | 45,968 | 0.8 |
2007-2008 | 45,581 | -1.2 |
2006-2007 | 46,113 | 0.1 |
2005-2006 | 46,085 | -1.4 |
2004-2005 | 46,746 | -1.8 |
2003-2004 | 47,588 | -0.6 |
2002-2003 | 47,853 | 0.9 |
2001-2002 | 47,449 | -0.3 |
2000-2001 | 47,575 | -0.9 |
1999-2000 | 47,989 | -0.6 |
1998-1999 | 48,280 | 0.8 |
1997-1998 | 47,883 | 0.5 |
1996-1997 | 47,629 | 1.9 |
1995-1996 | 46,757 | 0.4 |
1994-1995 | 46,565 | 3.1 |
1993-1994 | 45,159 | 1.5 |
1992-1993 | 44,471 | 0.1 |
1991-1992 | 44,423 | 1.9 |
1990-1991 | 43,593 | 6.9 |
1989-1990 | 40,781 | -5.2 |
1988-1989 | 43,023 | -1.7 |
1987-1988 | 43,764 | 10.4 |
1986-1987 | 39,637 | - |
During the 2018-2019 school year, 30.6% of the district's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 11.9% were English language learners, and 13.4% of students had an Individual Education Plan (IEP) .[17]
Racial Demographics, 2018-2019 | ||
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Race | Seattle Public Schools (%) | Washington K-12 students (%) |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.5 | 1.2 |
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander | 13.8 | 7.9 |
Black | 14.5 | 4.5 |
Hispanic | 12.3 | 23.6 |
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | N/A | 1.1 |
Two or More Races | 11.7 | 8.3 |
White | 46.8 | 53.2 |
Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
An effort to recall six of the seven members of the Seattle Public Schools school board in Washington did not go to a vote in 2021. A King County Superior Court judge dismissed the recall petition on April 19, 2021.[18]
The recall charges were filed against Liza Rankin, Lisa Rivera Smith, Chandra Hampson, Zachary DeWolf, Leslie Harris, and Brandon Hersey in March 2021. District IV representative Erin Dury was not included in the recall effort as she was not a member of the board at the time charges were filed. She was appointed to the position on March 24, 2021.[19][20]
Recall supporters said the board had failed to transition to in-person instruction in a timely manner. Seattle Public Schools started out the 2020-2021 school year in remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[21][22] The board voted on March 24, 2021, to move Pre-K through fifth-grade students into in-person instruction starting in April 2021.[19] When dismissing the petition, Judge Mafé Rajul said the decision to close schools was a “discretionary act and members of a school board cannot be recalled unless they arbitrarily or unreasonably exercised such discretion.” She said the school board members had not acted arbitrarily or unreasonably when they voted to close the schools.[18]
Members of the Seattle Education Association (SEA) rejected a contract offer from the district during a meeting on August 26, 2013. Teachers said they were concerned about limited salary growth, crowded classrooms, and new evaluation methods in the new contract.[23] District officials and the SEA avoided a potential strike on September 3, 2013, as teachers voted to approve a new two-year contract that increased pay by 2% and included test scores in teacher evaluations.[24]
In August 2013, district officials and the Seattle Board of Directors proposed increasing the maximum number of students per classroom in response to anticipated continued growth in enrollment. The proposal suggested increasing enrollment limits by two students per middle school teacher and 10 students per high school teacher. The Seattle Education Association (SEA) criticized the proposal, saying it was problematic for the student experience.[25] On August 22, 2013, the Board of Directors voted to remove the proposal from negotiations with the SEA.[26]
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