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- Jun 22, 1893The School Board's Costly Real Estate Wake-up CallAfter proposing to trade high school land for a smaller plot, officials discover the exchange would cost them thousands and force a costly infrastructure upgrade.Broadway, Seattle, WA
- Feb 7, 1895When Seattle’s School Warrants Went Begging at 90 CentsA judge’s ruling on school money left teachers and directors unpaid, school warrants unsellable, and King County officials refusing to honor the court.Seattle, WA
- Mar 21, 1895Red Pepper on the Stove, Stolen Gloves, and the School Board's ReckoningSeattle's board of education spends an afternoon suspending pupils: a girl accused of purloining a book and a pair of gloves, two boys who peppered the stove, and a young thief who took instruments from the Central School.Seattle, WA
- May 15, 1895The City Health Board Closed Two Schools. The School Board Asked Who Gave It the Power.When scarlet fever fears shut Rainier and South schools, Seattle's school board dug in—not against quarantine, but against what its lawyers called an 'arbitrary' order that skipped the City Council.Seattle, WA
- May 17, 1895Scarlet Fever Sets Seattle's School Board Against Its Health BoardWith scarlet fever alarming physicians, the board of health claims power to close the public schools—and the school board is not convinced the charter gives it that right.Seattle, WA