Tuesday Open Thread
I assume you heard Congress cut food stamps to thousands of poor families. Interesting stats regarding children and food stamps:
- 72% of SNAP recipients are in households with children
- 210,000 students could lose free lunch at school
Not good.
Election ballots may be winging their way to you by the weekend. I'll have some thoughts on that later in the week.
What's on your mind?
- 72% of SNAP recipients are in households with children
- 210,000 students could lose free lunch at school
Not good.
Election ballots may be winging their way to you by the weekend. I'll have some thoughts on that later in the week.
What's on your mind?
Comments
wondering
If people are willing and able, the should contact their US senators.
--- ringing the bell
EdVoter
The article and the comments are worth a look.
Community Meeting at Nathan Hale
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. regarding the SPS Growth Boundary Proposal
The new Growth Boundary Proposal will do little to relieve capacity shortfalls in the NE for grade schools and middle schools. Monica Mace, former Bryant PTSA President and current co-Chair of VNESS (Voice of NE Seattle Schools), is asking for the Bryant Community's support in raising the following concerns with the District:
1.Boundary redraws do not effectively address the issue of capacity, particularly as it pertains to the NE. Under the new proposal we do not gain desperately needed capacity seats/space for neighborhood elementary and middle school students.
2.The NE cannot absorb moving additional students (APP) into our already overcrowded neighborhood middle and elementary schools.
3.JAMS needs to be opened as promised in 2014 as a comprehensive middle school with appropriate funding and programs to provide true capacity relief for NE neighborhood students.
4.The capacity crisis facing neighborhood schools MUST take priority over district placement of programs and option schools.
5.We supported the BEX IV levy with the understanding that the district was committed to building and opening new schools to address capacity. The current plan instead appears to prioritize the district's newly created vision for program and option school placement at the expense of capacity. In some cases, such as the proposed co-housing of NE APP with Olympic Hills, these decisions are likely to result in more shuffling of populations in the future as overcapacity continues.
Attend the Community Meeting at Nathan Hale Tonight, Tuesday, September 24 at 6:30 PM and WEAR RED to show your support for the NE schools and APP programs and let our Bryant voices be heard.
Fey
Member schools:
APP Lincoln and Hamilton
View Ridge
Eckstein
Roosevelt
Laurelhurst
Bryant
HP
Someone needs to explain to the Ravennaites that it really isn't all about them. Sheesh. Do these people really not get it? No wonder the district tunes out.
"#bigger problems"
EdVoter
Yes, those are the same people.
EdVoter, it's probably at the SPS website.
Also, the Times just posted a cautionary tale about school board members. Have issues with ours? At least they haven't been indicted on major theft charges like in Federal Way.
EdVoter
PS: Do not see the SPS contract. What gives? Why the big secret?
Lynn
Didn't they say a few times that they could do the Oly Hills remodel on site?
Danny