Seattle Schools Community Forum: Amplify Lawsuit Updates

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Amplify Lawsuit Updates

Amplify Lawsuit Updates

Amplify updates (from various sources):

- There is currently only one appellant, parent Emily Cherkin.  She's the only appellant with standing for the court. The other filed appellants, former SPS teacher Robert Femiano and former Board director Sally Soriano have stepped off but still support the appeal.  Makes sense.

- GoFundMe for this lawsuit.  Honestly, if you believe how this situation played out is wrong, chip in something.  I'm going to do so soon.

- Apparently there is a District-mandated calendar for teaching Amplify this year, that appears to be very strict with no teacher input. There are also pre- and post-assessments for each unit until, for a single 8th grade class, it adds up to a minimum of 18 assessments over the course of one school year.

- Recent statements from former SPS science teachers:

"The science curriculum revisions shamed this school district in both substance and process. Established rules, procedures, accounting practices and the school board itself were blatantly disregarded. In the school setting, scheduling, budgeting, enrollments, college admissions concerns, as well as the deep professional experience of science teachers was equally CONTINUE READING: Seattle Schools Community Forum: Amplify Lawsuit Updates