Costs are going up, and the number of students is going down, but Seattle Public Schools plans to increase its staff by 102 jobs next school year and use $12.6 million of its savings to do so.Only in the public sector.A truly great moment in public education.
It's a plan that Steve Sundquist, chairman of the School Board's finance committee, calls unsustainable but responsible.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Seattle Public Schools Increase Costs While Losing Students
The Seattle Times reports:
