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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This document affirms our assertions that charter schools will take dollars from our already under-funded public schools. Thus, putting more students at risk.
From the document:
"fiscal impact to school districts is indeterminant, but non-zero."
K
http://wsptagrassroots.blogspot.com/2012/08/wspta-opposes-charter-school-initiative.html
signed,
pleased ptsa parent
That's the sum of the costs that they could estimate. There are a lot of additional costs that the OFM acknowledged would be there, but they couldn't estimate.