Schools across Washington State are gearing up for huge cuts and mass teacher layoffs – even as the state legislature claims they have fully funded public education. Washington’s Paramount Duty has mobilized parents across the state to fight these cuts by pressing legislators for more funds for public schools. We have two main approaches: more […]
In the dead of night, at 1:30 in the morning, the Senate Ways and Means Committee passed the bill proposing to address the school district levy lid issue, SB 5313. But the only way they could do so was to meet the demands of Democratic Senators Guy Palumbo (1st District) and Mark Mullet (5th District) […]
HELP US ADVOCATE to lawmakers to amply fund Washington public schools with new, fair, and dependable tax sources—while preserving other very essential state services. As we explain in more detail below, now is the time to mobilize! Please join this fight with your voice and time. CALL OR SEND AN EMAIL Right now the most […]
It’s time we heard the truth about the legislature’s failure to fully fund our public schools. WPD’s Summer Stinson and Robert Cruickshank published this op-ed in Seattle’s The Stranger showing how the Seattle Times gets it wrong on education funding — and pointing the way forward to stop cuts and provide a great, fully funded […]
Are you planning to go to Olympia to testify for new, progressive revenue? Are you writing an email or getting ready to call your legislators? As the 2019 legislative session gets under way, Washington’s Paramount Duty is here to provide you with some helpful suggestions about what to say and how to say it. As […]
Although Washington’s Paramount Duty is not endorsing candidates for office this year, several parent volunteers helped put together a short questionnaire we sent to all candidates for the state legislature. After several rounds of emails, calls, and text messages, sixty-nine campaigns responded. These questionnaire results are public, and we’re sharing them with you now to […]
