Seattle School District No. 1
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- Aug 5, 1883Seattle's School Census Explodes: One Year Beats FiveClerk W. H. Taylor counts 2,675 children under 21 in District No. 1—a one-year jump of 798 that the paper calls proof of the Queen City's rapid rise.Seattle, WA
- May 10, 1894The Price of Public EducationFacing a financial crisis, the Seattle School Board slashes teacher pay and cancels special programs in a contentious, late-night vote.Seattle, WA
- Aug 14, 1894Queen Anne Families Went to Court to Fix a Crumbling SchoolhouseIn 1894, residents sued to freeze old school-fund warrants, arguing that 225 Queen Anne children were crammed into a dangerous wooden building.Queen Anne, Seattle, WA
- Apr 24, 1895Seattle's Jobless Are Handed Potato PatchesA citizens' committee working out of a Railroad Avenue office gives out vacant land, seed and tools to more than twenty families in a single day — one of them has fourteen children.Seattle, WA
- Apr 25, 1895Seattle's Schools on the Brink: The 1895 Debt Vote That Could Have Cut the School Year to Six MonthsWith floating warrants piling up and the tax base shrinking, School District No. 1 asked voters to ratify about $387,000 in debt and refinance it before the school term was cut from ten months to six.Seattle, WA
- May 9, 1895Seattle's School Board Votes $400,000 in Bonds—and Pockets the Audit DemandThe board funds a debt, hears charges that thousands were mismanaged, then lets an audit resolution die for lack of a second.Seattle, WA