Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Ben Shuldiner made it clear in March that he is not afraid to cut the administrative fat to ease an $87 million deficit.
Shuldiner told “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio on Tuesday that nothing is off the table when it comes to fixing the district’s budget, warning that if Seattle Public Schools doesn’t close the gap, it will be forced to borrow money from the state and essentially lose control of the district.
“We’re still bankrupt. The last budget, we kind of were pretty clear about being about $100 million in the hole, it’s about $87 million. We have some savings. The budget that we’re kind of showing for next year is going to bring those savings down to emergency levels, and if we don’t fix the budget this year, we’re going bankrupt,” he explained. “And the problem with the school district is that you’re not allowed to go bankrupt, you’re not allowed to be below zero, so you actually would then have to borrow money, and the money you’re borrowing from the state, and then that means you kind of give away your rights.”…