Seattle Schools This Week (Reflecting on What Banda Should Do in July)
This is last week of any public meeting for SPS until August.
There are two events this week, both on Tuesday.
First there is a required public hearing from 4-4:30 p.m. to hear testimony from the public about raising the amount the district will pay for the Associated Student Body fund. This was previously discussed at Board meetings. I still have not heard the explanation as to why this occurred and where. I may go review the Board meeting tapes to see if I missed something. The Action Report gives all kinds of policies and legal reasons why they can raise the amount but not why. It says this:
Expenditures are now at a higher percentage of the total annual expenditures than in any previous year, and may exceed the original estimate (adopted budget). (bold mine)
They exceeded the budget by more than $200k. How did that happen and when it started and it was apparent they were going over, did anyone do anything?
After that, there is the Board meeting at 4:15 p.m. The speakers list is not up yet so I don't know if it is full (I