Comments on: West Seattle politics: 34th District Democrats’ new leadership

By: wsea

wsea — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:55:20 +0000

@Norma – great point. I forgot about that. I could image that reducing avg student spending per school. I still suspect the average school would get at least 7,500 per student or more.

@Marcee – I pulled my cost of private schools in the area. West Side, tilden, and church schools. the 6K – 10k for private is correct for west seattle. Also, I thought funding is based on when the child attends. I was also told that the schools get more money based on attendance. Ie. more students = more funding (not sure of the level of funding).

Just so others know, I’m all for giving to education. I would rather see the avg spending close to 15,000 per studnet but I feel that with this administration you only get 25% of every dollar. I would rather see more people question the administration instead give more money. The curret BEX tax will do little to improve education. It will improve the buildings which should have been already taken care of with current yearly funding (or they should have never shut down the schools to begin with).

By: george

george — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:09:10 +0000

yep, they lost me on the Arena project. sstttt!

By: West Seattle Hipster

West Seattle Hipster — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:45:07 +0000

I have no problem voting for money for schools, but it is too often misued, poorly handled, wasted, or stolen.

By: Marcee Stone-Vekich

Marcee Stone-Vekich — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:32:25 +0000

In the “Schools First” presentation last night, it was noted that there has been a large increase in the student population of the Seattle School district and that this is forecasted to continue. Hence, more money is needed. Many of the schools are also still in need of earthquake retrofits. Please see the site below for more information. I might also add that a lot of the private schools charge much, much more than 6K to 10K for tuition.
http://www.schoolsfirstseattle.org/

By: Norma

Norma — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:39:51 +0000

One thing to consider is that private schools are not required to teach the variety of students with many kinds of learning challenges that public schools gladly tackle.

By: wsea

wsea — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:00:38 +0000

i would be interested to know their reason for endorsing the febuary school funding. Sure the funding improves infrustructure but should not that be covered with our current property tax? I’m all for giving to the schools but throwning good money to bad management is not a smart move. Why is it so costly to run (maintain) a school that we already own? if private schools charge 6K to 10K a year in tuition and have double the teaching staff with rent/mortgage, we should should be able to use our current taxes (9,945 per child) to run a public school on buildings we already own. Just saying…

Source: (Based on 2011 spending).
http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/WM/Documents/K12%20Guide%202012%20FINAL5.pdf

Am I wrong with my understanding? Something just does not add up.

By: kat

kat — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:08:14 +0000

nice to see the torch has finally been passed!