MASS SCHOOL CLOSING

A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.

A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.

A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate Washington spends it.

And it's YOUR money.

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10 Seattle schools targeted for closure
Parents gasp, heckle as draft plan is announced;
more than 3,500 students would be displaced

By DEBORAH BACH
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

Faced with multimillion-dollar budget deficits, Seattle Public Schools administrators yesterday outlined a cost-cutting plan that would close 10 schools, eliminate a popular alternative program and create two middle schools.



Under the sweeping restructuring proposal, more than 3,500 students would be displaced -- a sobering fact that outraged many parents last night.

The 46,000-student district would also return to a neighborhood school system and scale back an expensive, citywide busing program. District-contracted bus service would be eliminated for middle and high school students attending classes outside their neighborhood. Those students would instead be provided with Metro passes.



There was no public comment period during yesterday's School Board work session, but members of the standing-room-only crowd gasped, called out comments and heckled administrators as the proposed closures were announced.


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