I Support Kellie LaRue's "Let's Hit the Pause Button" Approach
We are fortunate to have some really smart, savvy and qualified-to-speak parents like Kellie LaRue. She has written to the Board about the Growth Boundaries and below are her thoughts. I support them all.Yes, I know that there has been a lot of good, hard work on this effort. But because parents were not really included in the planning in a meaningful way, we are now at the point where people a
Postive Climate and Discipline Advisory Committee
The district is looking for new members for this committee. The deadline is November 15th.This might be a good time to talk about discipline issues in our schools. What have you seen at your school, good and bad, in how teachers and principals handle discipline issues? What do you think would help - more strategies, more cultural competencies, stricter discipline (if you think it is lax), unif
Downtown School Update
There continues to be discussion of a downtown elementary school. The Downtown Seattle Association has released a new feasibility study and it appears to lend support to the idea. Downtown is proving an increasingly desirable residential zone for families with children. There are not a lot of school-age children there - not enough to justify the creation of a school, but the number is growing quic
Friday Open Thread
Two Director Community meetings tomorrow:Director Carr from 8:30-10:30 am at Bethany Community ChurchDirector Smith-Blum from 10 am to noon at Capitol Hill LibraryRemember that commercial about pollution from the '70s with the Native American man surveying what pollution had done to the land? The one that ends with the tear down his cheek? Here's an inspiring video that I believe all children - t
11-7-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: From the Live Blog thread, The Mission of this BlogA lot of discussion arose in the live blog thread about the nature of this blog and the needs of the community. This blog can be the place for people to connect all across the District. If you have a thread that you would like us to start, then you are free to suggest it. We get a lot of such requests and typically