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Saturday, July 7, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: The End of Transparency in Program Placement

Seattle Schools Community Forum: The End of Transparency in Program Placement:


The End of Transparency in Program Placement

The new program placement policy will soon be adopted by the Board and when that happens they will close the door on transparency.

Wendy London, while saying that they want to have a transparent process, essentially told the board that it is "staff work" and the public will not be allowed to know how decisions were made. Program placement will not be an open or honest process. That dream is dead.

You can watch the video here. Jump to 73:00 for the start of the discussion or 79:00 for when Wendy London starts speaking.

Here's a transcript:

"So really procedures are going to be re-created. Part of what you know has occurred over time