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Lack of Systemic Control in Seattle Public Schools: Why Bad Facts in the Stokes’ Transfer Could Get the Plug Pulled

Why the Tyran Stokes eligibility matter could result in the suspension or SPS athletics...or worse.

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Dec 27, 2025
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Roosevelt Recruiting Scandal: Seattle AD Appeals Fine, Questions WIAA Authority + Ineligible Transfers Back in Action at New Schools?

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October 9, 2025
Roosevelt Recruiting Scandal: Seattle AD Appeals Fine, Questions WIAA Authority + Ineligible Transfers Back in Action at New Schools?

“Seattle individuals treated the fact-finding as an adversarial process, rather than one in which they had an obligation to provide documentation and to respond truthfully to questions.” - WIAA Fact-Finder Marilee Scarborough

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Six months ago, a wide-ranging probe into serial recruiting violations at Roosevelt High School culminated with a report finding evidence of improper recruiting occurring against a backdrop of “a broken athletic honor system at many levels” throughout Seattle Public Schools. An independent state investigator’s report concluded that safeguards designed t…

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