Seattle Schools Work Session Wrap-up - Transportation
Bob Westgard, director of Logistics, gave the presentation.He said there had been 6,000 revisions in Transportation since day 117 of this school year. He said they had given out 7,000 Orca cards and had to replace 3,000 of them. (Sadly, no one asked what I was wondering which was, who paid for the second card? That's a high rate of loss.)Booking and approving filed trips is almost completely el
Seattle Schools Work Sessions Wrap-Up - Athletics
I attended three Work Sessions last week and here are highlightsAthleticsI have to say this one seemed to be one of the less dry and more animated Work Sessions that I have attended in years. It had been two years since the last update from the Athletics department. It was reported that SPS has the highest academic standards for its athletes in the state. However, when asked about participation
Common Core Testing: How's that Going?
For some, not well.There's a new site, Testing Talk, that allows teachers and principals to talk about how it went and what they observed. (No, they don't give away any deep, dark test questions or secrets.)From the NYC Public School Parents blog:Liz Phillips, principal of PS 321 in Brooklyn, who was scathing about the 2012 exam as well, but says this one was as bad or worse. PS 321 PARENTS--Our 3
4-2-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Portables; Here to Stay (and Preschool, What about That?)A hilarious article about portables in NYC by the NY Times. We're not alone.But eight years later, Mr. Cosby, 46, is busier than ever as an all-around handyman for the seven timeworn trailers that house 283 students outside the crowded main school building.He has chased opossums, raccoons and turtles from th
