Seattle Schools This Week, March 2-8, 2026
There are two meetings this week for the Superintendent and the Board, both are on Wednesday, March 4th. (I note that the next Board meeting is next Wednesday, March 11th; there is no agenda yet.) The first one is an Executive Session at 4 pm, to review the performance of a public employee. Executive Sessions are not open to the public. The second meeting is a Board Special Meeting: Budget Work Session and a Work Session for Goals and Guardrails starting at 4:30 pm. The agenda for the second meeting only has a presentation for the Budget Work Session and it's quite interesting. The presenters will be Superintendent Ben Shuldiner and Dr. Kurt Buttleman, Assistant Superintendent of Finance. Legislative - The district notes that the state legislative session will end next week on March 12th. As of 2/24/26, anticipated changes in State funding for SPS: - Reduction of ~$1.1 million in bus depreciation reimbursement - Reduction in BEST grant program...