Op-Ed: Seattle Public Schools Votes to Repeat School Closure Mistake

At least 20 schools are on the chopping block, despite this offering no solution to the district’s budget crisis. Last week, the Seattle school board voted to proceed with a plan that could close 20 or more public schools across the city. The “well-resourced schools” plan presented by Superintendent Brent Jones would be the largest change to Seattle Public Schools (SPS) in over four decades. Based on the experience of other cities with mass school closures, SPS’s plan would also …