“The evidence is irrefutable. High-quality preschool does wonders,” said Seattle City Council President and Proposition 1B proponent Tim Burgess.
Now voters will weigh in on whether city hall should expand its mission and fund a pilot program for up to 2,000 of Seattle’s 13,000 three-and-four-year-old children.
Prop. 1B is a four-year, $58-million measure that will be paid for with new property taxes. Prop. 1B’s programs would fund “high quality” preschool classrooms to serve 280 pupils in 2015 and ramp up to 2,000 students by 2018. ...