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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Issues Raised by Speakers at Board Meeting

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Issues Raised by Speakers at Board Meeting:


Issues Raised by Speakers at Board Meeting

Listening to speaker after speaker talk about the Indian Heritage Middle College program, I thought, "Well, add them to the list that includes Special Ed, Nova, and World School."  What do these programs have in common?   They get moved around as though they were furniture.   Each and every one of them deserves a permanent home.

I spoke to Sarah Kelly, one of the speakers, and asked her about someone in their community doing a guest post about the history of their program.  (I was surprised to learn that Pathfinder K-8 used to be a feeder school for the program.)  One thing I told her was that once we had a history - one that is written by those who know it - it would be here for a long time.  The district may purge some history from its website but at least here it would