Since 2017, enrollment has been declining for Seattle Public Schools (SPS), and officials anticipate the trend will continue, at least in the near future. That means the district is losing money.
, and officials anticipate the trend will continue, at least in the near future. That means the district is losing money.
Most of the proposed cuts are to administration, but SPS says it would save an additional $11.2 million by making cuts to school-based staff. This could affect some programs, specifically the district’s arts and music programs. “This means we need to make changes,” Podesta said. “We need to reduce our spending, we need to identify new revenues, and we need to make use of district reserves.”
Dr. Brent Jones, Superintendent of SPS, says they have not even started the process of identifying which schools might be closed or consolidated.
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