The sad, sad southeast schools

The Seattle Times has an article today on the sad state of enrollment in our very own southeast schools in Seattle.  It has very depressing comments such as

Of 1,645 Seattle Public Schools students for whom Rainier Beach was the closest high school in 2006, only 247 attended the school

and

As Julia Hibarger circled the fair, she found herself cornered by teachers and administrators eager to tell her the benefits of their schools. Her son, Dexter, starts kindergarten next year. She took their zeal with a grain of salt, she said. Some of their efforts were so desperate she found them a little sad.

The Seattle school district is planning on some big investments in the schools in the area to try and draw back the kids.  From the sounds of it, they've got a long road to travel.

Read the article here.