Seattle Public Schools

With Washington's statewide mask mandate ending this weekend, Seattle Public Schools officials announced that masks will also be optional for students both inside and outside buildings and on school buses starting on Monday. But some students are already pushing back.

Seattle Public Schools and the Bellevue School District said on Tuesday that Friday classes for all students are canceled because large numbers of staff are taking leave.

Seattle Public Schools is suspending 142 school bus routes beginning Monday. District spokesman Tim Robinson says out of the 18,000 students who are eligible for bus rides, about 6,740 could be affected by the bus route cuts.

The union representing 7,000 Seattle Public Schools employees has ratified an agreement to bring elementary students back into the classroom for in-person…

It’s been a contentious couple of weeks, but the Seattle and Highline school districts have made progress toward bringing some students back to…

Some districts in the Puget Sound region say they will not be expanding in-person learning to all students this school year. That includes the Edmonds and…

The Seattle school board has voted to hire Brent Jones, an assistant general manager at King County Metro, to be interim superintendent for one year…

Kamari Johnson is 11 years old. She’s trying to make the best of remote school, including keeping up with orchestra class, which means playing violin at…

UPDATE, Dec. 22: Corrects story to reflect that the Seattle school district recently approved one outdoor learning program serving four students. The risk…

It’s been eight weeks since the school year began, and Seattle Public Schools has just started offering in-person services for students in special…