Where the layoffs hit Ballard schools

Seattle Public Schools announced last week that it needed to lay off more than 150 teachers and staff to help adjust for an estimated $34 million budget shortfall. Today, we’ve learned from the school district that 21 total teachers and staff at Ballard-area schools have been let go.

Here’s the breakdown: Ballard High School was hardest hit with seven layoffs including teachers and a counselor. Whitman Middle School had six layoffs which also included teachers and a counselor. Adams Elementary had to dismiss three teachers while West Woodland and Salmon Bay each had two teachers let go. Whittier Elementary had one teacher cut. Neither North Beach Elementary or Loyal Heights Elementary had any staff members laid off, although as we wrote earlier this week, Loyal Heights will be getting a new principal.