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Raj Manhas

  • News

    January 20, 2010

    More Flak for the School District

    Damned if you do …

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    The No-Win District: Told to Maximize Revenue, Seattle Schools Now Gets Flak for Trying to Sell Off MLK Elementary

    Bids go as high as $3.75 million for Martin Luther King Elementary​A few years ago, as Seattle Public Schools was facing one of its many budget crises, then-Superintendent Raj Manhas proposed closing under-attended schools in order to save money. That provoked an outcry. Oh, no, everybody sa ... More >>

  • News

    November 25, 2009

    The Silent Supe: Due for a Bonus?

    It’s a recession, she just got a raise, and critics say hers is still an unfamiliar face.

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    School Board Proposes Yet More Money for Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson

    flickrGoodloe-Johnson, shown here accepting a gift at a Seattle Goodwill breakfast, has been much less visible during the controversy over the district's neighborhood schools plan​As the Seattle Public School Board approved a landmark new assignment plan last night, it also introduced a propos ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2009

    Seattle Schools: Closing One Day, Opening Another

    After shuttering schools for the last few years, why is the Seattle School District suddenly moving to reopen them?

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    School Board To Give Mixed Review to Supe

    Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson will hear the school board's evaluation of her this afternoon at a closed executive session of the board. Last year, the new superintendent got a glowing report and a hefty raise that brought her salary up to $264,000--more than the governo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2008

    The Supe's Raise

    Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson will hear the school board's evaluation of her this afternoon at a closed executive session of the board. Last year, the new superintendent got a glowing report and a hefty raise that brought her salary up to $264,000--more than the governo ... More >>

  • News

    December 6, 2006

    Schooling the District

    Can a Microsoft millionaire cut through Seattle Schools' poisonous racial politics?

  • News

    November 15, 2006

    Board Stiffs

    Is the 'crisis' faced by the Seattle School District enough to abandon board elections?

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2006

    Quiet Supe Candidate

    Is the 'crisis' faced by the Seattle School District enough to abandon board elections?

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2006

    Manhas to quit?

    Is the 'crisis' faced by the Seattle School District enough to abandon board elections?

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2006

    School District in for a Scolding

    Is the 'crisis' faced by the Seattle School District enough to abandon board elections?

  • Diversions

    August 2, 2006

    Raj Manhas

    Best Centered Public Official

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    There Is No Closure

    An evolving proposal to shutter nine Seattle public schools is a tortuous process that only begins to address big problems—fiscal and otherwise.

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    The Bus Stops Here

    School Board members have trouble exacting change to cut transportation costs, but they aren't as divided as it might seem.

  • News

    February 15, 2006

    NYT Finds Beacon Hill

    Also: The latest Sonics number-crunching.

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Deficit Calculus

    A citizens committee proposes ways to close the schools budget gap, but some factors are vague.

  • News

    November 9, 2005

    Tough School Choices

    Asked to tackle the budget crisis, a committee offers a preview of ideas to save money. Restricting school choice is not among them, but closing buildings is.

  • Arts

    November 2, 2005

    TV Tryouts

    Asked to tackle the budget crisis, a committee offers a preview of ideas to save money. Restricting school choice is not among them, but closing buildings is.

  • News

    October 26, 2005

    Replace the Viaduct, Kill the Monorail

    Keep the gas-tax increase by voting no on I-912. Stop the monorail by voting no on Proposition 1. Plus, our wisdom about all the other measures and every contested race.

  • News

    September 28, 2005

    Dead-End Jail

    Keep the gas-tax increase by voting no on I-912. Stop the monorail by voting no on Proposition 1. Plus, our wisdom about all the other measures and every contested race.

  • News

    August 10, 2005

    Electoral Class of 2005

    Nine people are running for three Seattle School Board seats. Perhaps this new slate can help save public education.

  • News

    July 6, 2005

    Education, Elections, Mental Health

    Nine people are running for three Seattle School Board seats. Perhaps this new slate can help save public education.

  • News

    June 1, 2005

    The City, Education, Health Care, State Politics

    Nine people are running for three Seattle School Board seats. Perhaps this new slate can help save public education.

  • News

    May 25, 2005

    Time to Pitch In

    It's easy to dislike a plan to close schools, but who's got a better idea to save $20 million? Possibly lots of people.

  • News

    May 18, 2005

    Education, 25 Years Ago, Transportation, Religion, and Media

    It's easy to dislike a plan to close schools, but who's got a better idea to save $20 million? Possibly lots of people.

  • News

    April 27, 2005

    Advanced Displacement

    Closing public schools and limiting choice would save little, squeeze successful programs, and alienate those who can flee.

  • News

    March 2, 2005

    The Kids and City Hall

    Closing public schools and limiting choice would save little, squeeze successful programs, and alienate those who can flee.

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    They Choose or We Lose

    Parents are panicking about proposals to change how students are assigned to public schools in Seattle. Could this transform the city?

  • News

    September 29, 2004

    Burning the Midnight Oil

    While a ponderous new Seattle School Board studies late into the night, a serendipitous superintendent is seizing the day.

  • News

    April 14, 2004

    Pastimes at Garfield High

    At Seattle's most famous school, racial tension, achievement anxiety, and resistance to discipline send another principal packing.

  • News

    January 28, 2004

    A Defining Moment

    Give school reformers the money they need to succeed.

  • News

    December 24, 2003

    Media, Monorail, and Medicine

    Give school reformers the money they need to succeed.

  • News

    December 24, 2003

    Mary Bass Is Now Head of the Class

    A 'marginalized' dissident no more, the new Seattle School Board president takes charge.

  • News

    November 5, 2003

    Sea Change in Seattle

    A clean sweep for School Board challengers and a shake-up at City Hall.

  • News

    October 29, 2003

    Class Dismissed

    Cranky voters could transform the Seattle School Board overnight.

  • News

    October 29, 2003

    Let's Check Their Math

    The Seattle School District claims black ink is back. Inspired by a persnickety watchdog, we find that's only sort of true.

  • News

    October 15, 2003

    The School Board Flunks Google 101

    In rounding up superintendent candidates, it seems no one did their homework. And what about the $63,500 head-hunting firm?

  • News

    July 16, 2003

    The Super Search

    The next Seattle schools superintendent might be among these names.

  • News

    May 7, 2003

    Legendary Ledger

    School officials don't seem interested in tracking down $9.3 million in overspending.

  • News

    November 6, 2002

    Still Subtracting

    The school district's scandalous budget deficit grows.

  • News

    September 4, 2002

    Missing Money

    The state auditor criticizes the school district's accounting.

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