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Motion to Cancel Teach for America, Inc. Contract in Seattle | Seattle Education

Motion to Cancel Teach for America, Inc. Contract in Seattle | Seattle Education:

Motion to Cancel Teach for America, Inc. in Seattle

On February 16th, there was a motion to cancel the Teach for America, Inc. contract by one of the school board members in the Board Curriculum and Instruction Committee meeting. Five board members were in attendance. A majority of them supported a motion to terminate the district’s contract with Teach for America, Inc. The motion will appear as an introduction item at the March 7th school board meeting and as an action item at the March 21st board meeting. The deadline for terminating the contract for next year is April 1st.

The agreement that was reached last year was that the additional cost of hiring these TFA, Inc. temps, which