Friday Open Thread
The Seattle Times is reporting that the district is using a $2M mitigation fund (from the $11M underspend of the budget found in the spring) to fund 17 new teachers . That includes a new teacher at Loyal Heights and a half-time principal at Green Lake where they have 100 more students this year than last. The article reports 11 teachers added to elementary schools, 1 middle school teacher and 5 high school teachers. As well, there were several Sped positions filled as well as ELL. The district enrollment is now over 53,000 students.
