tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post2379994735749729077..comments2024-03-29T02:41:52.718-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Education This WeekMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-17104263096417843872016-04-20T10:43:07.314-07:002016-04-20T10:43:07.314-07:00The Operations Committee meeting agenda has now be...The <a href="http://www.seattleschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_543/File/District/Departments/School%20Board/committees/Operations/2015-16/20160421_OperationsCommittee_Packet.pdf" rel="nofollow">Operations Committee meeting agenda</a> has now been posted and the annual report required by Policy 3208, Sexual Harassment, is included. It's the last four pages of a 221 page agenda packet.<br /><br />Here's the condensed version:<br />"I find that Board Policy 3208 is sufficient and does not need modification at this<br />time."<br /><br />That's kind of interesting since the District committed to revising the policy in 2014. I guess whatever was bothering them in 2014 has gone away.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-58083977206606745112016-04-18T12:09:13.671-07:002016-04-18T12:09:13.671-07:00Why updating the Decantur building? I wonder when ...Why updating the Decantur building? I wonder when they will unveil their plan for it. HCC, pre-K??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-44349764616344635052016-04-18T09:50:19.330-07:002016-04-18T09:50:19.330-07:00It will be at the Operations Committee meeting on ...It will be at the Operations Committee meeting on April 21 that the Superintendent will finally make his annual report as required by Policy 3208, Sexual Harassment. The report was originally due in August of 2015 but could not be delivered then because the staff were occupied with collective bargaining. It is unclear what precluded them from making the report in September, October, November, December, January, February, and March.<br /><br />The 2015-2016 annual report will be due in August of 2016. We can only hope it won't be as overdue as this year's report.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-50498727765464898652016-04-18T09:39:19.388-07:002016-04-18T09:39:19.388-07:00Timely post about quakes on the anniversary of the...Timely post about quakes on the anniversary of the great San Francisco quake.<br /><br />4 million per year for 25 million in coverage. That shows the insurers think the buildings are not structurally sound. How's about the district get our kids some safe buildings and make the current ones as safe as possible?<br /><br />Still waiting for all the crap on ceilings and cabinets to be removed. Is it so hard for principals to walk around their buildings and imagine where things are going to go when the building shakes hard for 1-4 minutes and then ask teachers to remove any hazards? I mean, we all should do it but schools have a special responsibility.<br /><br />Two deadly quakes in Japan and then Ecuador, it's only a matter of time. As the sky is blue today, we will lose some kids for no reason other than simple things that every teacher could correct today. I'm really surprised when science classrooms are the most cluttered with heavy objects up high.<br /><br />One biology classroom at Ballard caught my eye during winter tours. Large clay pots with large plants on top of the metal cabinets. I would make my kid wear a hardhat in that room. The kicker was a small bookcase, loaded with books, in the entryway, which would no doubt fall over and block egress.<br /><br />Another lab at Ballard had all kinds of stuff hanging from the ceiling including a large radiation detector! Come on scientists,<br /><br /> PREPARE!!! <br /> A real-life teaching moment!!!<br /><br />subduction seductionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com