Thursday, November 14, 2013

11-14-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum:





Growth Boundaries Work Session Part Two
I am going to attempt to slog through all my notes but I expect Charlie, Kellie and Meg to chime in here as we were all sitting at the back taking notes.  (And, I had to take a phone call during part of the APP middle school discussion.)  Staff has done an incredible job in creating the various plans.  No one can truly know how long it must have taken and the tedious but important job of determini

Live Blogging from Growth Boundaries
As Blogger is quite wonky on my iPad, not a lot here.One thing is clear - there will be no delay.  They are going through the 21 amendments and no one is saying, hit pause. The district has a sheet on Assumptions.  One is a change from 10-year planning to 5-year planning.  Two is APP projections and how the program has grown.  Three is implementation "5-year planning horizon, in conjunction w
11-13-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: KIRO-TV's Second Part of their Investigation into District SpendingKIRO ran the second part of their series last night.   This part was around the part of the district audit used by their team that dealt with use of district vehicles and gasoline.  I was interviewed and make a statement about being disappointed that the oversight isn't better.  This part is as sobe