Gifted Student Information/Advocacy Next Week
From Education Week:Next week (July 21-27, 2013) marks National Parenting Gifted Children Week, a time of focused awareness and advocacy regarding the needs of gifted children. The week, which is listed on the National Special Events Registry, is sponsored by SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) and coincides with SENG's annual conference, taking place this year July 19-21 in Orlando, F
Hamilton Assistant Principal moves to become Principal at McClure
Word has come that Shannon Conner, assistant principal at Hamilton International Middle School, is leaving to become principal at McClure Middle School. She has a child who will be attending there this fall. This year, like others past, certainly has been a principal version of musical chairs. West Seattle seems to have been hit the hardest.Ex. Director Carmela Dellino is leaving (after a year i
What's Going to Happen to the Money from School Zone Tickets?
The Stranger follows up on this question with some answers (but still with question marks):As you may have noticed, the city began using automated cameras to enforce speed limits near four schools in December of 2012, and they're going to expand the program to install cameras near five more schools next year. By June, the city had issued 30,400 tickets at $189 a pop. While initially estimated to b
APP/Lowell/Lincoln
A reader, Budget Reader, asked some questions about the seemingly low budgeting for APP@Lowell/Lincoln (which to most people's minds are two schools but not to the district). BR followed through and asked the district's Joe Paperman. I thought it worth having its own thread for institutional memory and because several parents have asked the same questions.This is NOT a thread to start in on APP