Seattle Schools Family Symposium Rescheduled
From SPS:The fall Family Symposium originally scheduled for Oct. 12 has been rescheduled for Saturday, Nov. 23 because of conflicts in scheduling and availability.Seattle Public Schools is committed to preparing all of our students to graduate ready for college, careers and life. The goal of the Family Symposium is to support our families as critical partners in their students' academic success. A
Growth Boundaries Work Session Announced
Coming just one day after the Introduction of the new boundaries to the Board, the Work Session on on the Growth Boundaries will be Thursday, Oct. 17th from 4:30-6:00 pm in the JSCEE auditorium.There is an Operations Committee meeting right before the Work Session in the Board conference room from 4-6 p.m.
Split Classes - What's Your Experience?
From reader Seeking Feedback: I'd love to see a thread sometime on split classes (2 or more grades in one classroom) in elementary school. What are parents opinions? Do they work? Are they better, and if so what are the advantages? Or- is the teacher having to cover too much ground and are kids missing some content? With the capacity crunch and the SEA contract on overages, it seems that SPS is pu
Friday Open Thread
The Times reports on new state standards for Science which sound great (except they left out Computer Science and I think that's a mistake). But the story really misses one huge thing: Common Core which is likely to come out with its own standards. What happens then? Hmm.No director community meetings for Saturday but there is a candidate debate on Sunday the 6th sponsored by the Rainier Chamb
10-3-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools seeks members for Math Adoption CommitteeFrom SPS:Seattle Public Schools (SPS) is accepting applications from SPS families and community members interested in serving on the District’s Math Adoption Committee.The committee will advise SPS on the selection of mathematics instructional materials for kindergarten through Grade 5 students that meet the