Seattle Board of Education
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- Jun 26, 1892The Struggle for Space at Seattle High SchoolAs the class of 1893 graduates, the school’s principal warns that overcrowding and a lack of facilities are stalling the city’s educational ambitions.Seattle, WA
- Mar 21, 1893Seattle High School Students Petition for Their Right to LearnAfter the school board abolished the city's high school, students and volunteer teachers showed up to class anyway, refusing to let their education end.Seattle, WA
- Jun 14, 1894Queen Anne parents ask where the $25,000 school levy wentA delegation from the Queen Anne district told the school board it had both the money and the legal duty to build a schoolhouse on the hill. The board conceded the need, blamed the county treasurer's books, and referred the whole thing to committee.Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, WA
- Jul 29, 1894The Judge Says the School Board Can Spend the Building Levy on Anything It LikesA resident of the newly annexed district sued to force Seattle's school money into bricks and mortar only. Judge Osborn dissolved the injunction, sustained the board's demurrer, and sent the plaintiffs back to rewrite their complaint.Superior Court of Washington for King County, Seattle, WA
- Aug 25, 1894The $8,000 Schoolyard FightA losing contractor accuses Seattle’s school board of steering a South School grounds contract to a favored bidder and wasting taxpayer money. The board fires back that the cheapest bids were unsafe and that a $25,000 schoolhouse was at risk of falling.Seattle, WA
- Feb 2, 1895A Judge Tells Seattle's School Board It Can't Raid the Building Fund to Pay Old DebtsJudge Langley rules that the $35,000 levied for new schools must build new schools — and Queen Anne parents, whose children sit in an 'open, barn-like' schoolhouse, suddenly see a six-room building within reach.Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, WA