Wait, what?! Here’s just a few issues that COULD be solved with Superintendent Nyland’s $13,000 Raise.
“My raise is not going to solve any of the issues we have on the table. I’ve done better than anyone else and I will take the smallest raise in the district as far as I know,” said Nyland.
It’s hard to believe, but Superintendent Nyland has been the head of Seattle Public Schools for a little over a year. One things for sure, it’s certainly been memorable.
Here’s some of the highlights:
Superintendent Nyland, without the consent of the school board, signed a contract with The Gates Foundation.
Another highlight was Nyland’s threat to pull the license of any teacher at Nathan Hale who refused to administer the SBAC. That nasty bit didn’t make it into Nyland’s State of the District Address. He also forgot to mention the 76.1% of SPS 11th graders who opted out of the English Language Arts test (ELA) and 80.5% juniors who refused the math portion of the SBAC. Nyland was enthusiastic about Seattle’s overall SBAC scores, even though the state board had voted over the summer to lower the cut score from 3.0 to a 2.5.
There’s also the district’s botched contract negotiations with SEA, leading to the first teacher strike in 30 years. This was followed one month later by the district Wait, what?! Here’s just a few issues that COULD be solved with Superintendent Nyland’s $13,000 Raise. | Seattle Education: