Quick Actions!
Contact the WA State Legislature
Use the Fund SPS form letters to urge the WA State Legislature to invest in our schools by providing necessary funding to prevent teacher layoffs, school closures, and declining student outcomes.
Contact Your School Board Director
Fund SPS makes it easy to contact each School Board Director with a pre-populated, editable letter. Alternatively, use the School Board contact form or email Salmon Bay K-8’s Director, Sarah Clark, or any/all members of the school board directly.
Other
Fill out the SBK8 Community Survey
Contact
Email Advocacy Co-Chairs, Ashley Worobec and Andrea Stringer, at FOSBAdvocacy@gmail.com.
Latest News & Upcoming Events
SPS option schools and alternative models have been continually targeted for reduction and closure, and the district isn’t stopping. Over the last several years, we have seen the district cut the budget for Salmon Bay K8, reducing the number of teachers and classes throughout the school. While families sit on the waitlist, the district claims our school is under-enrolled. For the 2025-26 school year, the district is capping our incoming kindergarten class to even less, reducing our budget to two kindergarten teachers.
Learn more from Seattle Student Options Coalition, and get involved! https://www.seattlestudentoptions.org/
Advocacy CommuniTea
Fridays at 9:30am, following Friday Sing
Salmon Bay K8 Cafetorium
Funding Education 101
Watch the recording from our event with Fund SPS and Washington’s Paramount Duty from December 3rd! The guest speakers covered topics ranging from common misconceptions about school closures, state funding shortfalls and possible solutions, and what happens when you submit a form letter.
You can also view the presentation slides and a list of Seattle and WA State Educational Orgs and Initiatives [PDF].
Past Events and Meetings
School Board
- Past Standard School Board Meetings, Recordings – YouTube Channel
- Sept 13 – Notes from Cynthia Anderson’s meeting with School Board Director Sarah Clark
- Sept 16 – Notes from the John Hay PTA meeting with School Board Director Joe Mizrahi
FOSB Advocacy Event – Sept 12, 2024
- Watch videos of the Salmon Bay K-8 origin story and open community chat
- Read condensed meeting notes
Stay Updated
Sign-up for the FOSB Advocacy Newsletter so you don’t miss any updates, events, or resources regarding funding and supporting thriving schools across Seattle and Washington State.
Past Advocacy Newsletters
11/26/24
11/18/24
11/12/24
11/5/24
10/29/24
10/22/24
10/8/24 – School Board Resuming Closure Talks
10/1/24 – Share Your Story
9/23/24 – A Temporary Win For SPS Families
9/12/24 – Advocacy Update
8/22/24 – Advocacy Update
About
The FOSB Advocacy Committee was formed in September of 2024.
In line with Article 1 – Purposes in the FOSB bylaws, the Advocacy Committee aims to:
(b.) help educate the adults who are part of the school community on matters of interest,
(e.) contribute the collective efforts to improve the education system in the Seattle School District and the State of Washington, and
(f.) foster and maintain strong connections with the communities of which the school is a part.