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Friday, September 19, 2014

9-19-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum:






West Seattle Schools Were on Shelter-in-Place
From SPS Communications (tweeted 25 minutes ago):West Seattle schools were in shelter-in-place after dismissal because of shooting in the High Point. Parents can now pick up students.From comments at the West Seattle Blog:4:32 pm - All the fall athletes (soccer, cross country, swimming…) are at school still sheltering in place. 4:52 pm - I just rushed to meet my kids at 29th and High Point. They w


Seattle Schools Odds and Ends
I plan on writing a thread this weekend that is an overview of how I see the Seattle School Board today.  There are certainly some interesting things being said by directors and frankly, I'm not sure I see them working as a unified body (but not the same people who usually get called out for having special interests).   I listened to the Board comments and more and more, I find them quite telling.

Friday Open Thread
What's going on this weekend? What happened this week that we missed?Now is the time and place to tell about it - Friday Open Thread.

9-18-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Student Data Privacy: Where's Your Line?From Marketplace:Meet the most measured, monitored and data-mined students in the history of education.  Your children.How about this district in California, tracking every kid who uses social media.  From Tech Dirt:The Glendale School District in California is facing some backlash from the recent news that it has retained th