Harrell Quietly Pushing Police in Schools, with Possible Levy Funding Infusion - The Urbanist # Mayor Bruce Harrell’s $1.3 billion education levy is set to go to the ballot in November, but it could be weighed down by a controversial proposal to put police officers back in Seattle schools. Mea...

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When McGinn was mayor he held an entire Youth and Families Initiative, which had 131 meetings with thousands of attendees, that helped shape the Families and Education Levy investments. Really not OK that Harrell and Burgess and Rivera won't do that for this levy, which is *far* larger in size.

When Saka says the SRO decision should be “local and fact-based” seems like some good facts for him to check out

This morning in Seattle, the Select Committee on the FEPP (education) Levy is meeting to discuss 12 amendments to the levy. No votes today, but several interesting proposals will be discussed. I just wrote about this levy and will include a link once I have one.

SPD officially condemning this behavior while tacitly encouraging it is a feature, not a bug. All members of the department's CRG unit share the same personality, and we see it at demos.

In a month, the Seattle School Board will vote on whether cops should be allowed back into SPS schools. Join us June 4, 3:45 to tell them absofruitly not!!

Wanna actually do something about it? Bit.ly/FEPP2025

Thank god! They still have enough to hang around schools. Unfortunately, not enough to get out of the patrol car and respond to a crisis at an elementary school.

Our Community Letter, delivered to the Select Committee on the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise (FEPP) Levy, and to community. Sign on at bit.ly/FEPP2025