This has been a good election for incumbents. After this election, we'll see no change in Seattle's City Council members and, even more surprisingly, we won't see much turnaround in our scandal-wrecked school board. One challenger, however, has officially triumphed: Marty McLaren. Her post? The West Seattle-elected position currently held by School Board President Steve Sundquist. more ›

There may very well have been fuckery afoot in the decision to close/re-purpose Cooper Elementary's building rather than close the more affluent Arbor Heights Elementary. (Why are we not surprised?) In a controversial series of posts over the weekend, blogger Sable Verity alleged that Seattle School Board District 6 Director Steve Sundquist was discriminatory and unethical in the way he interacted with parents and students at the two school. This morning, KUOW reports on their investigation into the role that poverty may have played in the school closures conversation. more ›

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Worried about rising material costs, the Seattle school district has sped ahead with construction of new schools without waiting to get input from parents. more ›