Thursday, April 5, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Creative Approach Schools

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Creative Approach Schools:
Creative Approach Schools

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There was a meeting Tuesday afternoon to answer questions about Creative Approach Schools. The meeting, led by Phil Brockman, Executive Director of Schools for the Northeast Region, went through the timeline, process, and rules for Creative Approach Schools.



It was a second meeting, following an introductory meeting for principals. This meeting was for principals to return with their school teams to learn more. A number of schools were well represented, including Cleveland, Rainier Beach, Lowell, and Thurgood Marshall among attendance area schools. Lowell identified as "Lowell Capitol Hill". There was also one woman there from Emerson and two teachers from Madrona. The option schools were also represented.

It was made clear that Creative Approach isn't the way to get a waiver from board-adopted instructional materials. There is a different process for that.

Whatever your creative approach, it has to be budget neutral. Budget neutral includes transportation, nutrition,