Jason Rantz: Seattle parents helpless – school district backs homeless encampment over students 

Students finally returning to campus at one Seattle school were greeted with a sprawling and dangerous homeless encampment that has parents so worried about safety, some kids have already been pulled from class. If you saw what they did, you would pull your kids too. 

But Seattle’s school board refuses to remove the encampment. Board members are ideologically and stubbornly opposed to sweeps.   Simply putting the homeless into housing without addressing the root causes of their situations is a waste of tax dollars. Take a tour of the park attached to the east side of the campus and you’ll find weapons, illegal burns and open drug use. Over 50 tents have taken much of the green space, giving its homeless residents prime real estate overlooking beautiful Bitter Lake. Fights break out, meth use is common, and there’s a whole lot of trash.