Seattle Schools Community Forum: What Next?

Seattle Schools Community Forum: What Next?:

What Next?

I have not heard back from the Soup for Teachers group about what they will do next with their incredibly effective group.  I would love to see a more pro-active parent group that advocates for specifics in Seattle Schools.

However, for funding, there is a great new group called Washington's Paramount Duty (based on our state constitution that SAYS that the "paramount duty" of the state is to "amply fund" public education).  Here's their Facebook page.  They now have - in just a couple of days - over a 1,000 members.  From the Facebook page:

Welcome to the group. As the description says, we're a grassroots group of concerned citizens and organizations who believe that our children have waited long enough for an adequately funded basic education.

A small group of us met last weekend to talk about what to do in response to the amazing outpouring of support for our teachers in Seattle, and how to harness that energy now that more and more parents are realizing just how broken our education funding is. 

Apparently our legislators say they don't hear from people on this issue. Unsurprising - it's hard to manage a public advocacy campaign when you can't even get your 5 year old to put on his or her pants fast enough to get to school on time (we've all been there as parents, haven't we?)...

So our response was to create this group, as a focal point for the conversation Seattle Schools Community Forum: What Next?: