This may only be a partial list of reasons; please, add anything else in the comments. The deadline to file to run for the Board is May 19th. Entire Board Majority NOT vetting the Superintendent in any way, shape or form. Even the Seattle Times thought that was wrong. It was just absolute hubris and it was wrong. For the second time in just over a year , board members voted to negotiate a superintendent contract during a special meeting with no opportunity for public comment. This time, they showed an even deeper disregard for their responsibilities as public servants: Aborting a national search for a new superintendent and denying Interim Superintendent Brent Jones a chance to show students, parents and taxpayers that, indeed, he is the best person for the job. Government bodies can’t fast-forward through transparent processes just because they think they know the right answer. One other odd thing about the hiring of Brent Jones - most permanent SPS superintendent contracts ar
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I did like the line "“Here, there’s no drama,” while they are describing a stabbing.
S has something to say on this too: “We’re here because we need more help, good support systems. Maybe the school we went to wasn’t the best for us … We’re not here because we’re bad kids and we need help. We’re here because we want help.”
Another: “We want a second chance. Everybody’s here mostly for the same reason - this school’s here because (regular) high school didn’t work out.”
k-8 Where are the effective interventions? Little wonder HS does not work out for many students.
SPS practices produce an over abundance of kids needing options that Team MGJ fails to provide.
Consider the following from Hattie's "Visible Learning" effect sizes:
Average of effects with Teacher
as Activator 0.60
Average with Teacher
as Facilitator 0.17
Perhaps more teaching of content and less Discovering is in order.
I attended a reentry school in the Lake Washington school district,in the mid 70's. It was a shame that I had to be kicked out of my assigned high school to attend, but now LWSD has several alternative options.
In Seattle of course alt schools are hanging on by the skin of their teeth .