Seattle School Board Votes to End Formal Relationship With Its Fundraising Arm

The 20-year partnership between Seattle Public Schools and the Alliance for Education, its fundraising arm, will be significantly restructured.

The School Board voted six to one Wednesday to empower the superintendent to end the district’s formal relationship with the alliance. But board President Sherry Carr said she was open to working with it on a year-to-year basis on specific projects spelled out in a contract.

Alliance board chairman Brad Hoff said the group also is willing to work on a project-by-project basis. School Board member Stephan Blanford said he had hoped the board would agree to a cooling-off period before taking action. He cast the lone no vote.