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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Seattle Public Schools community blog: Under the Category of Why?

Seattle Public Schools community blog: Under the Category of Why?

Under the Category of Why?

So SPS:
  • Why is there no news and information on the News and Calendar page for 2011? Not one item. Also, no new SPS Schoolbeat e-newsletter since December 2, 2010? (Update: so on a hunch, I went and checked the new SPS website and lo and behold, there was calendar information for Jan. 2011. So now, until the old website is gone, we get to check TWO websites for information. I thought the link to the new one was just for observational/input, not that it would have information not available at the old one. It would be nice if the district had told people this.)
  • In the job description for the new communications director, there is mention of a "School Board communications point person." Who is that?
  • Why doesn't the job description for the new communications director mention something like "effectively