Initiative seeks class size reductions

Floyd McKay

Floyd McKay Jul 4, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Initiative seeks class size reductions</h1>
                <h2><p>A group called Class Size Counts today turned in petition signatures for I-1351, an initiative to reduce class sizes throughout the state public school system. A spokesperson for the group said the 325,000 signatures, gathered by volunteers, should be plenty to qualify it for the the November general election</p></h2>
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            <p>A group called <a href="http://classsizecountswa.com/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Class Size Counts</a> today turned in petition signatures for<a href="http://classsizecountswa.com/initiative-1351?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org"> I-1351</a>, an initiative to reduce class sizes throughout the state public school system. A spokesperson for the group said the 325,000 signatures, gathered by volunteers, should be plenty to qualify it for the the November general election ballot. The measure would expand existing state plans to reduce class sizes, and it would provide for more counselors and other support staff in schools. There is nothing in the initiative to increase state revenues to provide for the additional staffing or to direct the Legislature on what other expenses to cut to pay for the improvements. Class Size Counts doesn't say much <a href="http://classsizecountswa.com/about?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">about itself </a>on its website but <a href="http://www.pdc.wa.gov/MvcQuerySystem/CommitteeData/contributions?param=Q0xBU1NDIDEwMQ%3D%3D%3D%3D&year=2014&type=initiative&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">filings with the state show </a>it has raised more than $600,000 in contributions, all from teachers and public school employees unions. — J.C.</p>
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A group called Class Size Counts today turned in petition signatures for I-1351, an initiative to reduce class sizes throughout the state public school system. A spokesperson for the group said the 325,000 signatures, gathered by volunteers, should be plenty to qualify it for the the November general election ballot. The measure would expand existing state plans to reduce class sizes, and it would provide for more counselors and other support staff in schools. There is nothing in the initiative to increase state revenues to provide for the additional staffing or to direct the Legislature on what other expenses to cut to pay for the improvements. Class Size Counts doesn't say much about itself on its website but filings with the state show it has raised more than $600,000 in contributions, all from teachers and public school employees unions. — J.C.

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By Floyd McKay

Floyd J. McKay, professor of journalism emeritus at Western Washington University, was a print and broadcast journalist in Oregon for three decades. He is also a historian and his new book, "Reporting