It has been brought to my attention that four of our schools in Seattle have been chronically underfunded and therefore understaffed. The schools are Nova High School, the Center School, South Lake and the World School.
There has been no explanation given as to why these schools have never been allocated sufficient staff except that they were termed “non-traditional” at some point. If we want to look at “non traditional schools” as opposed to “traditional schools”, we could look at schools that are now considered “option schools”. Nova and the Center School would be in that category along with other schools who receive equitable staffing based on the
Weighted Staffing Standard (WSS)including Salmon Bay, STEM and TOPS.
It’s enough that our schools are underfunded as it is. To squeeze even more out
