Yesterday, Washington State PTA sent an email alert out to Seattle Public School families living in the 43rd District (Wallingford, Fremont, Capitol Hill) about a legislative hearing today that includes proposed budget cuts to K-12 education. In the alert, the PTA asks that families take action by contacting legislators to oppose these cuts which includes shortening the 180-day school year by four days.
On November 21, Governor Chris Gregoire proposed several options to help balance the state budget which currently faces a $1.5 billion shortfall. Among them include raising the state sales tax by a half cent or cutting the …