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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

10-16-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum

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The Stranger Endorses Peters, Blanford
The Stranger editorial board has come out with its endorsements for the General Election.  Here's what they had to say about the School Board races (note, this is The Stranger writing so do keep that in mind when reading if you don't normally read their prose):Director District No. 4Sue Peters Dear god, it's school board time. Kill us. The Seattle School Board is the most brain-liquefying thing sh

Parallel Discussion: HC Task Force #1, Student Identification
The current advanced learning task force has been charged with reviewing the systems and processes for qualifying students for Highly Capable services and Advanced Learning programs in Seattle Public Schools. The committee is supposed to work toward a shared approach for determining which students qualify for Highly Capable services and Advanced Learning programs that best benefits students. Altho


10-15-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadWhat's on your mind?by Melissa Westbrook / 14min 10-14-13 Seattle Schools Community ForumSeattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle School Board Campaigns - What Does a "Positive" Campaign Look Like?Ballots are to drop on Wednesday the 16th and I have two questions:1) Is politics like love and war - all is fair in order to win?  As we are