Rainy Day Rundown is your weekly update on the latest happenings related to Seattle Public Schools. 

In this episode:

• School Board Meeting: President Gina Topp's first full meeting featured strong facilitation and substantive debate.
  • Goals and Guardrails: Board discussed reading targets, math goals, and graduation requirements, with student directors providing key insights. Decision postponed to January 29th.
  • Budget Preview: High-level look at addressing potential $100M shortfall, with preview of upcoming enrollment study showing 86% family satisfaction.
  • Public Testimony: Strong advocacy for libraries, concerns about racial disparities, calls for ethnic studies, and questions about HCC transitions.
• Community Updates: West Seattle education funding event and upcoming "Billion Dollar Bake Sale" advocacy in Olympia.

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