tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post1065274031859559893..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tacoma School Board Vents Frustration with Charter SchoolsMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-27611093599506583182014-09-30T13:18:02.743-07:002014-09-30T13:18:02.743-07:00Mirmac1: Please tell me there's a treasure tro...Mirmac1: Please tell me there's a treasure trove of e-mails revealing millions of tax dollars being spent on salaries of people AT SPS who aren't working FOR SPS, but for the minority string-pullers who want Charters. <br /><br />The Biggest ? for me: Who authorized their work, and payment for it? I doubt very much that the School Board authorized it. <br /><br />WSDWGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-81961738287533260582014-09-30T13:15:14.308-07:002014-09-30T13:15:14.308-07:00@Cognitive Dissonance: Seattle's leadership b...@Cognitive Dissonance: Seattle's leadership becomes more Republican every day, as it expands it political bedfellows to include plenty of arch-conservatives for one simple reason: That's where the money is. <br /><br />Anyone who doesn't see the DFER, LEV and A4E as the camel's nose inside the tent for their profit-driven benefactors has their head in the sand. <br /><br />Where are the Democrats? In bed with big money. <br /><br />WSDWGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-14790579934206646422014-09-27T15:08:44.863-07:002014-09-27T15:08:44.863-07:00CD, and the disconnect that charters can offer sma...CD, and the disconnect that charters can offer smaller classes because they can control the size of their schools. <br /><br />I'll have some info on the class size initiative as I think there may be a lot of misunderstanding in it.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-37874595895374008462014-09-27T14:26:40.804-07:002014-09-27T14:26:40.804-07:00I absolutely believe that the charter authorizatio...I absolutely believe that the charter authorization thing is being pushed. Why staff is pushing it is a mystery. And maybe the powers that be are getting ready so next election season they can try to take over.<br /><br />And good luck with that because their candidates with their money have not been elected.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-73144040768911289482014-09-27T12:05:40.874-07:002014-09-27T12:05:40.874-07:00I am feeling concerned that the concept of charter...I am feeling concerned that the concept of charter authorization is being pushed. I suspect we're seeing a timeline of 2-5 years.Incrementalism Worksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-90161552862483143912014-09-27T11:48:52.308-07:002014-09-27T11:48:52.308-07:00Why isn't A4E or Matt Griffin paying Codd'...Why isn't A4E or Matt Griffin paying Codd's excessive salary? Seriously, how much would it cost to find someone smarmy and willing to bend the truth? I got a cousin looking for work.<br /><br />Is the person who tasked her with establishing an internal task force to study charters, the same one who told Cashel Toner to do whatever COS wanted and fast-talk the board? Am I Wright?mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-12243208792396257652014-09-27T11:10:00.987-07:002014-09-27T11:10:00.987-07:00Clover Codd is very ambitious (by her own admissio...Clover Codd is very ambitious (by her own admission). Anything to further her career is her MO. She and Bree (and other career ladder ascending friends) hosted a fundraiser for Burgess back when he thought he'd become mayor last election.<br /><br />Keep your eye on her.<br /><br />--enough alreadyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-58580676965358265442014-09-27T09:20:01.691-07:002014-09-27T09:20:01.691-07:00I guess all of that choice at Tacoma schools isn&#...I guess all of that choice at Tacoma schools isn't enough choice.<br /><br />Here's the truth: to be viable, option schools require a certain amount of density. They cannot be created in rural communities. They are difficult to create in suburban communities. They are really only viable in urban communities. That means that option schools - and charter schools - can only appear in urban centers like Seattle, Tacoma, or Spokane, or in some suburban communities if sufficient transportation resources are provided.<br /><br />So charter schools are going to appear in communities that already offer "choice". They will not appear in communities that don't offer choice because those communities don't have the density to support choice.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.com