Saturday, February 2, 2013

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Want Change in SPS? BE that Change

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Want Change in SPS? BE that Change:


Want Change in SPS? BE that Change

Someone requested a thread about talking about how middle school might now work in the NE region.  (Frankly, this will actually have a reach over to the NW where the new Wilson-Pacific will affect Whitman enrollment.  As well, a decision will have to be made on APP middle school and that will affect all regions.)

Key questions (but chime in):

- what is the district's plan/timeline for JA MS?
- should the new JA MS have a focus or be a solid middle school a la Eckstein?
- languages?
- electives?
- arts?

- what about APP?  My thought is that the growth seems off to me and maybe APP needs to have a stricter