TEACHER CUTS: California/Admiral streetcorner rally calls for fully funding schools

A photo posted by West Seattle Blog (@westseattleblog) on Oct 11, 2015 at 2:12pm PDT

2:24 PM: As promised, dozens of local parents are rallying right now at California and Admiral in hopes of raising awareness of the teacher cuts hitting at least five West Seattle schools (among what the district says is approximately 25 citywide). We first reported on the cuts Thursday, with a followup on Friday, and updates on Saturday. In addition to the parents, the people at the rally right now include Schmitz Park principal Gerrit Kischner – whose explanaton to his school’s parents is part of our Friday coverage – and school-board rep Marty McLaren. She told us on Friday that the board had “little power to help in this extremely painful situation.”

SUNDAY EVENING: More photos added. Some signs, like the one above, focus on the sentiment that the district is top-heavy and should cut administration jobs to get more resources into school buildings. There were school-specific sentiments too:

We’ll continue to follow up during the week ahead; the district said in its statement on Friday that final decisions were yet to come.

Lauren October 11, 2015 (8:13 pm)

I love the sign “Remember all the great administrators you had growing up?” – great message!

Waparent October 11, 2015 (8:22 pm)

is it 25 teachers total being displaced, or teachers at 25 schools? From previous posts, it looks like if it is 25 teachers being disolaced, then most of them at in WS… Is the teacher count 8 or 9 in the WS region…?

Question October 11, 2015 (10:01 pm)

Can somebody please explain how these families are fighting to keep their beloved teachers and get them paid while a former Lafayette Elementary teacher is sitting at home on paid leave since last year pending investigation?
Enough is enough.

Frustrated WS parent October 12, 2015 (9:15 am)

@question. I agree 100%. That Lafayette teacher needs to go!! There are years worth of students who have been emotionally abused. We keep paying that teacher while on administrative leave and we are loosing good teachers. It makes no sense at all. Still frustrated.

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