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  • Closures on table as Seattle Schools faces bankruptcy

    12/09/2004 2:55:13 PM PST · by JosefK · 11 replies · 711+ views
    The Seattle Times ^ | 9 December 2004 | Sanjay Bhatt
    I just find this below excerpt suspicious... - - - - - - - - - - Closures on table as Seattle Schools faces bankruptcy By Sanjay Bhatt Seattle Times staff reporter Seattle Public Schools is considering plans to close the equivalent of 12 to 22 schools starting in two years in order to stave off bankruptcy, district officials say. After similar actions by urban districts in California, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Minneapolis, administrators in Seattle say closing schools would help stabilize the district's financial health and channel scarce resources to teachers and learning, rather than bricks and buses. Seattle hasn't...