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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

10-1-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

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School Zones and Crosswalks and Kids
I'm confused.  What part of kids and a crosswalk do drivers not understand?Last night at about 6:30 pm, a 7-year-old girl was hit, not once but by two different cars and both cars left the scene.  Apparently she was with a group of people (kids?) and she got hit.  This is both near a park and a Boys&Girls Club.  She was (naturally) severely injured.  From Publicola:Since 2007, SBB reports, at


Learn More about Math in Focus
From SPS Communications:Want to learn more about Seattle Public Schools’ new elementary math program? We have scheduled a “Parent University” at five locations around the district on Thursday, Oct. 9, just for families who want to know more about Math in Focus. Trainers will share the framework for the Singapore approach to math, the basis for the Math in Focus program. They also will provide stra


McCleary; One Justice Weighs in at The Stranger
Going to The Stranger Slog (as I do every morning - my go-to feed for all things Seattle, entertainment/culture and the interesting/weird), I see this interview with Supreme Court Justice Debra Stephens who wrote the McCleary decision.  (She's up for re-elected against a guy who has been disbarred.  I wonder who will win.)Justice Stephens, who's running against disbarred lawyer John "Zamboni&

Student Data: Protect Your Child's Data
HS Parent gave this info on another thread:Did anyone else with a HS student receive this email today from ConnectEDU about a request to purge student's data?"Thank your for using the Connect! service. On July 2nd 2014, the technology which powers Connect! was purchased by Graduation Alliance from ConnectEDU. Graduation Alliance is excited to support the excellent college and career planning

9-30-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools and Garfield Field Trip Incident: PTSA meetingI attended Garfield's PTSA meeting last night.  There were about 65 people in attendance.  It was a bit odd because they chose to have the lights down so as to put the agenda and supporting documents on a big overhead screen.  It was pretty dark and made the remarks even more gloomy.I was fairly astonish