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Monday, January 13, 2014

Charter school hearings: Calling all edushysters | Seattle Education

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Charter school hearings: Calling all edushysters

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The Washington State Charter School Commission is holding hearings in Seattle today, January 13th.
The commission is to review applicants and decide on charter schools that will be established in our state unless the lawsuit that appears to be proceeding through the courts is successful.
The hearing will begin at 5:00 PM at South Seattle Community College, 6737 Corson Ave. S., Building C, Room C122.
Come early to sign up if you want to testify, all are invited to share their opinions and concerns.
Members of the Seattle Education Association will be there in force and I hope some of my readers will be able to participate also. I’ll be there, notepad in hand.
The applicants who will be presenting their proposals to the board and the public Monday evening will be Washington STEM Academy, CAL Elementary and Sports in Schools Team Charter.
I decided, out of curiosity, to find out what I could about each one of the presenters but had difficulty finding information on the charter schools. It dawned on me after a while