Seattle Schools Confirms Sports Change
Yes, all our comprehensive high schools will be moving to the Metro league (including Roosevelt, Ballard and Garfield). Roosevelt will be the second-largest in the league but keep in mind, they count ONLY the numbers of 10,11and 12th graders to decide school size. That's why Roosevelt will fit into the Metro league.Boy, that will save transportation dollars AND be one less reason to change to la
OSPI Terminates Agreement w/Seattle Times
I have just received word from OSPI that the data sharing agreement with the Seattle Times has been terminated. Don't get too excited as apparently a new one is being written.Details to follow.
NW School Unveils Rooftop
Here's how a downtown school for SPS might work. Good job, Northwest School.
Seattle Schools with Possible Bell Time Changes for 2014-2015
Readers had been asking about possible changes to bell times previously discussed by Transportation. I could not find a link at the SPS website so I scanned it in. I had to handwrite in "old" and "new" (for start times) as it had not been noted that way on the original.As previously mentioned, most of these are 5-10 minutes with a few, like Laurelhurst being about 20 minutes.
Math Adoption Update
From reader Rick B:Re: the K-5 Math Adoption. Here's a quick process overview and status update from the trenches:The Math Adoption Committee (MAC) has met three times so far. The SSD website has some basic info and minutes of the first meeting, but not for meeting #2 or meeting #3:In these meetings, the committee laid the typical process groundwork, developed selection criteria and weighting form
1-7-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadAn event perhaps of interest to you when we think about privacy and data - Town Hall is hosting Joshua Klein and his talk, Reputation and Your Online Footprint. It's this Thursday the 9th at 7:30 pm. Cost is $5. Got old electronics? Windermere in Ballard is having an electronics recylcing day on Saturday the 11th from 10 am to 2 pm. A good t