Wilson-Pacific; a New Wrinkle
I recently wrote to the Board with some of the bigger ideas that I have heard here and percolated up from the Growth Boundary meetings. Here's what I told them about Wilson-Pacific:What I hear from parents is that they do NOT want to share their valuable neighborhood space with any program if they don't have to. APP is NOT a beloved program and it will not be welcomed with open arms anywhere in
Class Size Count for Washington Kids
Class size matters so let them know YOUR child's class size(s). Do it today.As it says at the Class Size Counts webpage; Washington State's class size is ranked 47th out of 50 states.
Garfield Hazing Has Principal Upset
Principal Ted Howard of Garfield apparently got wind of hazing happening off-campus and went to inspect. He was not happy with what he found.He sent this note to parents (red mine): Do you know where your son or daughter is at tonight? I spent the afternoon with Officer Radford and many other officers walking through the Arboretum. One hundred or more Garfield students were participating in hazi
Tuesday Open Thread
Interesting six-part series on math in the NY Times, Me, Myself and Math.Oh those kids! Looks like LA high school students found it quite easy to hack into their new school-issued iPads.One week after students started receiving their iPads, students attending at least three Los Angeles high schools had figured out how to disarm a built-in security lock that was supposed to limit what they could do
9-30-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: FACMAC Response to Growth Boundaries draftThe FACMAC made a response to the Growth Boundaries plan. You can read the summary of the response here.Here's the short version:Include high schools now. They take the longest to address, there isn't that much time, and the system is integrated.Instead of messing with nearly all of the elementary school attendance areas an