Seattle Families, your voice matters! The Seattle Public School Board is drafting a policy that will shape our children's education.
Representative democracy relies on the informed trust of the citizens. School board members fulfill a crucial role in service to their communities by governing large sums of money and influencing the future of the community’s children. Without the informed trust of the citizens, this community will suffer.
We are collecting your questions on the policy to share with school board directors and will create an FAQ based on their answers that will be made widely available to the community prior to the school board’s vote on the policy.
Here’s the draft financial policy (link)
Here is the REVISED draft financial policy v2.2* (link) - Updated 11/2/2023
Here are the strikeouts** proposed by Director Song (link)
This policy was introduced at a board meeting on 10/11. The board is scheduled to vote on this policy on 11/15.
SEATTLE COUNCIL PTSA is preparing an FAQ for the community about how this policy would affect Seattle Public Schools. We welcome your questions about the policy with the current Elected School Board Directors who drafted this Policy
ASYCHRONOUS ENGAGEMENT
In order to make this process as accessible to the community as possible, we have decided to create an asynchronous community engagement opportunity on the school board’s draft financial policy.
If you are unable to attend, Please submit your feedback by 11/10/2023 at 12pm and hope to get responses back to the community before the School Board Votes.
Here’s the link to our feedback & questions form (LINK)
This message encourages ongoing engagement in the policymaking process and underscores the idea that democracy is a continuous process, not limited by election cycles in alignment with National PTA and Washington
We appreciate your advocacy and voice!
in Solidarity,
Seattle Council PTSA
*updated 11/2/2023
** revised from amendments to strikeouts.