Good Thing on a Friday
Arbor Heights Elementary School's photo.A VERY big thank you to Softchoice for their very generous donation. Today at our monthly assembly Harry Turpin, from Softchoice's Seattle office, presented a check for $3,829.49 to purchase replacement computers (stolen Fall 2012). Softchoice employees held a variety of fundraisers to help raise the dollars donated to our school. We will always remain appr
Friday Open Thread
How to fund schools properly? The Stranger Slog offers up not one but two alternatives. It can be done and done without adding onerous bills (like grading schools) in order to say "we're doing something about education" before education is truly fully funded.Here's the district's "official" notice about proposed Transportation changes. I'll note a couple of things. One, the
1-9-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Dorn Unveils Bill to Fully Fund K-12 Public EdFrom OSPI:State Superintendent Randy Dorn today released a draft of a bill that would move Washington state toward the full funding of basic education in the event that the Legislature fails to do so by Jan. 1, 2018. Among other things, the bill calls for a one percent increase in sales tax, an increase in state propert