Two Videos of Note
SPS in 2019 is where satire and reality meet
https://youtu.be/64PKoAiWhjE?t=103
Again I gently say - public schools cannot be all things, even for children. Just trying to provide SEL to all children is huge but when you have the number of students in our schools who are either in a low-income household and/or have experienced trauma in their lives, it becomes ever harder even as it is more urgent.
Doing feel-good stuff won't necessarily = better academic outcomes. That said, when children feel safe at school and learn to believe in themselves, it makes for better learning.
But it has to be kept in mind that whatever the home situation is, schools cannot fill in for all of it.
The second video is the one with Chief Financial Officer , JoLynn Berge, and Superintendent Juneau that seems to be about mitigating the recent missteps on high school enrollment and staffing.
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