Seattle School District
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- Aug 29, 1872The Tax Collector’s Secret: How Seattle Officials Hid Debts to Profit from AdvertisingA local newspaper exposes a scheme where the School District collector withheld tax information, forcing taxpayers to pay exorbitant advertising fees to clear liens they didn't know existed.Seattle, WA
- Jan 1, 1889Growing Pains in the Queen City: Seattle’s 1889 School CrisisAs the population exploded, the city’s schools were so overwhelmed that children were squeezed into attics, basements, and makeshift classrooms—a familiar struggle for a booming town.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
- Apr 21, 1895Seattle's Schools Were Running on Borrowed Money—and the Bill Was DueIn 1895, the school board urged voters to ratify a stack of bonds and warrants incurred to build schools, warning that the alternative was a six-month school year—or repudiation.Seattle, WA
- Apr 27, 1895The School Bond Vote That Could Lower Seattle’s TaxesOn election day, the Post-Intelligencer urges Seattle taxpayers to fund school warrants at 5 percent instead of paying 8 percent interest.Seattle, WA