Albert J. Wong·Aug 13Cracking the Budget #3: Non-Compensation SpendingSPS pays out about $179M a year in “Purchased Services” — the OSPI “Object” category that holds basically every contract the district…
InBoston Parents Schoolyard NewsbySchoolyard News·Mar 23Did BPS “reimagine school funding” this year?Officials say they used a 2023 community panel’s budget principles. Did they?
InAge of AwarenessbyCarl J. Petersen·Jun 22, 2025The Budget That Cried Wolf: A School District’s Endless Fiscal CliffLAUSD repeats dire budget warnings yearly, yet surpluses follow. Do you understand the numbers behind the projections of doom and gloom?
Albert J. Wong·Jun 9, 2025Manufacturing a Deficit: Why we always have 100M+ in the bank but keep having to cut staffFor the past 2 years, SPS only had an actual deficit of $13M and $42M vs. the budget’s predicted deficit of $101M and $80M respectively.
Albert J. Wong·Apr 28, 2025The 31% No One Talks AboutA living reference on district staffing and the structural budget problem in Seattle Public SchoolsA response icon2
