Seattle Schools Community Forum: KUOW Report on the Alliance for Education

Seattle Schools Community Forum: KUOW Report on the Alliance for Education:

KUOW Report on the Alliance for Education

by Melissa Westbrook

It's a doozy.

The first head of the Alliance, Sue Tupper (who coincidentally ran the No on 1240 campaign for the WEA), said this:

"When the organization started, there was great sensitivity to needing to take the cues from the school district, rather than coming up with an agenda and then imposing that agenda on the school district," Tupper said.

Exactly.

I get some air time and then comes in Sara Morris, the current head of the Alliance.

When the district introduced its memorandum of understanding with the Alliance for school board approval last