Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Spirited Talk at Lowell@Lincoln...About Their Future Location

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Spirited Talk at Lowell@Lincoln...About Their Future Location:


Spirited Talk at Lowell@Lincoln...About Their Future Location

I attended the PTA meeting at Lowell@Lincoln. Good crowd, I'd say about 50+ people (not including the FACMAC and PTA leaders). And they had brownies.

Opening the meeting, the investigation was topic one. But they felt it imperative to keep to the agenda because this meeting had been previously postponed. They said that Ms. Geoghagan and Nancy Coogan would have a coffee hour soon with parents. (I hope it's an evening coffee hour because clearly you would not draw as many parents in the morning.)

Frankly, everyone in the room seemed fine to move onto the agenda.

I really enjoyed the presentation by several teachers about bringing in more project-based learning. Those are some sharp and caring teachers. They were so energize by this idea and had good answers to many questions. I loved the explanation by one teacher about studying owls (and owl pellets!). They spoke wistfully about the desire for more collaborative time and more professional development.

Principal Geoghagan stood by,arms crossed,as the teachers spoke; she looked exhausted. You had to feel for