Good evening from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle Now. I'm Paige Browning. Here are today's top stories. It's Wednesday, May 8th.

20 Seattle Elementary schools could be closed in the fall of 2025. That's according to a document released by the school district today.

District officials have not said which schools could be on the chopping block.

That list is expected to be released next month.

The district says K-35 students would be better served

if the district downsizes from more than 70 elementary schools to just 50. The plan does

not include any middle or high school closures. The district is facing a budget shortfall of

more than $100 million, partly due to declining enrollment. And the district is looking for ways

to bridge that gap. Pressures mounting at a busy Seattle Park today, Seattle

officials are telling asylum seekers who have set up camp in Powell Barnett Park they need

to leave by tomorrow, or they'll be forced out. Hundreds of asylum seekers have been moving around

King County for months now, between a Taquilla church, hotels, and parks.

They set up in this park in Seattle's Central District late last month when they ran out of private donations to cover short-term housing.

This week, Seattle paid for some of the families to move back into hotels until July, but according to the Seattle Times, about 25 people were still in the park, which has many amenities, like fitness areas, slides, and a waiting pool.

The biggest legislation in Seattle City Hall this week is how much delivery drivers get paid.

DoorDash, Uber, and other app-based delivery companies are

hoping the Seattle Council will side with them. A new minimum wage for drivers kicked in earlier

this year, and this week the city's considering lowering it again. Monica Nicholsberg reports.

On a call with investors, Uber CEO Dara Kozer Shahi said he expects the vote to go his way.

It's important that it's a positive outcome for couriers and restaurants and customers,

because certainly the regulation that has been in place in Seattle has clearly been poor

regulation that has hurt the people that they're supposed to protect.

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