Garfield faces mid-term teacher loss

Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel Jul 6, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Garfield faces mid-term teacher loss</h1>
                <h2><p>Students and teachers at Garfield High School planned a walk-out this afternoon, protesting the potential loss of a full time teacher. Even though parents and teachers say Garfield “more than met” its enrollment projections for the year, the school may still lose a staff member by the time Monday rolls</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/taylorjwinkel-gmail-com/">Taylor Winkel</a></p> 
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            <p>Students and teachers at Garfield High School planned a walk-out this afternoon, protesting the potential loss of a full time teacher. Even though parents and teachers say Garfield “more than met” its enrollment projections for the year, the school may still lose a staff member by the time Monday rolls around unless families can raise $92,000 by tomorrow, <a href="http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/seattle/2014/10/22/garfield-high-school-teacher-deadline-enrollment/17750353/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">according to KING 5</a>. The school was first notified of the staff change last Friday. The loss of a full time staff member would leave 150 kids with a hole in their scheduleS for the rest of the semester.</p>
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Students and teachers at Garfield High School planned a walk-out this afternoon, protesting the potential loss of a full time teacher. Even though parents and teachers say Garfield “more than met” its enrollment projections for the year, the school may still lose a staff member by the time Monday rolls around unless families can raise $92,000 by tomorrow, according to KING 5. The school was first notified of the staff change last Friday. The loss of a full time staff member would leave 150 kids with a hole in their scheduleS for the rest of the semester.

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By Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel is a Journalism and Political Science student at the University of Washington. Follow her on Twitter: @twinkelnews. She can be emailed at Taylor.Winkel@crosscut.com.