Seattle Schools This Week

Wednesday, October 23
Work Session: Strategic Plan Performance Measures from 4-5:30 p.m.  No agenda available.

Work Session:Distribution Services from 5:30-6:30 p.m. (hard stop at 6:30 pm as they have an Executive Session at 6:30 p.m.)  Agenda

Thursday, October 24th
Road Map to College event from 3-6 pm at Chief Sealth Int'l High School

District IV School Board candidate forum at Lawton at 6:45 p.m., featuring Suzanne Dale Estey and Sue Peters.

Saturday, October 26th
Community Meeting with Director Patu from 10 am to noon at Cafe Vita.

iCollege event with Washington State University faculty, staff and alumni, from 10:30 am- 1:30 pm. at Seattle City Hall.

No registration needed, free lunch for the first 300 students who show up.  Looks like a great opportunity to learn about WSU and get help with the college application process with multiple workshops. 

They are raffling off a free iPad mini as well. 

Also to note on your calendar:

November 1 is the deadline for nominations for the district's Positive Climate and Discipline Advisory Committee to the Superintendent.  

This committee is tasked with helping the District shape policies on discipline, alternatives to suspension, and positive climate in classrooms and schools. To be considered for the committee, applicants should complete and submit a nomination form by Friday, Nov. 1, 2013.

The invitation letter, nomination forms, and a complete description of the committee are available on the Positive Climate and Discipline Advisory Committee website of Seattle Public Schools.

 LGBT Families Dinner on Thursday, November 7th at Nova/World School at Meany from 6-8 p.m.  This event is free for SPS students, staff and families.  This is a well-attended event so be sure to RSVP by November 5th to Lisa Love (and what a great name for someone coordinating this event). 

Seattle College Access Network (SCAN), and Seattle Public Schools are hosting a See it. Be it. | Explore Your Future Career event in partnership with the city of Seattle on Saturday, Nov. 16.

This event is an opportunity for middle and high school students to participate in activities exploring a wide variety of careers. Industry representatives will provide interactive experiences about their line of work and provide the opportunity for students to learn about the attributes, skills and paths to succeed in these careers.

When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nov. 16, 2013
Where: Seattle City Hall, 601 Fifth Ave.
Details: Free. Lunch will be served to the first 500 attendees

More than 30 participating organizations to include:
• Exo Labs
• Sub Pop
• The Boeing Company
• Seattle Opera
• KUOW Radio
• Academy for Interactive Entertainment
• Seattle Aquarium
• McKinstry
• King County – Fingerprint System
• Coast Guard
• Sellen Construction

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tuesday Open Thread

The speaker list is up for the Board meeting tomorrow; not as packed as I thought with just four people on the waitlist. The majority of the speakers are speaking on high school boundaries (with several wanting to talk about Ballard High). There are only three of us speaking about the Green Dot resolution asking the City to not grant the zoning departures that Green Dot has requested.  It's me, long-time watchdog, Chris Jackins, and the head of the Washington State Charter Schools Association, Patrick D'Amelio.  (I knew Mr. D'Amelio when he headed the Alliance for Education and Big Brothers and Big Sisters; he's a stand-up guy.)
Read more

Breaking It Down: Where the District Might Close Schools

Update 2: an absolutely fabulous interactive map made by parent Beth Day (@thebethocracy on Twitter - she covers Board meetings and is fun to read).   end of update    Update 1: Mea culpa, I did indeed get Decatur and Thornton Creek mixed up. Thanks to all for the correction. end of update   I suspect some who read this post will be irate. Why do this? Because the district seems very hellbent on this effort with no oversight skid marks from the Board.    To clearly state - I do not believe that closing 20 schools is a good idea. I think they hit on 20 because they thought it might bring in the most savings. But the jury is still out on the savings because the district has not shown its work nor its data. I suspect closing schools and THEN leasing/renting them is the big plan but that means the district really has to keep the buildings up.   But this district, with its happy talk about "well-resourced schools" is NOT acknowledging the pain and yes, grief, that is to come fro
Read more

MEETING CANCELED - Hey Kids, A Meeting with Three(!) Seattle Schools Board Directors

 Update 2: So I have seen a message from President Liza Rankin on why she, Director Evan Briggs, and Director Michelle Sarju backed out of this meeting.  In a nutshell: - She says there was no organization to the meeting which is just not true. They had a moderator lined up and naturally the board members could have set parameters for what to discuss, length of meeting, etc. All that was fleshed out. - She also claimed that if the meeting was PTA sponsored, they needed to have liability insurance to use the school space. Hello? PTAs use school space all the time and know they have to have this insurance.  - She seems to be worried about the Open Public Meetings law. Look, if she has a meeting in a school building on a non-personnel topic, it should be an open meeting. It appears that Rankin is trying, over and over, to narrow the window of access that parents have to Board members. She even says in her message - "...with decisions made in public." Hmmm - She also says that th
Read more