tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post3221020418543366103..comments2024-03-29T14:58:17.629-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Jobs and Our Future Workforce, Part OneMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-28580985307853707742020-06-04T08:47:54.268-07:002020-06-04T08:47:54.268-07:00Hi Dear,
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That is the main reason I kept working. <br /><br />HPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-73696669922372265972017-08-12T14:56:51.518-07:002017-08-12T14:56:51.518-07:00@missing link - every situation different we had o...@missing link - every situation different we had one parent working full time and other working weekends and school full time days. I imagine a single parent would also need full time childcare and be in a similar situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30850833475008411732017-08-11T22:16:05.670-07:002017-08-11T22:16:05.670-07:00Yikes, JK. Why would a household pay half their y...Yikes, JK. Why would a household pay half their yearly income for childcare? Seems counter productive unless both parents are very anti staying at home with their kids. Is that the case? Otherwise, one parent could stay at home if an entire income of one would go to childcare.<br /><br />Per the city scale cost of pre-k a family that can currently afford to live in Seattle will be paying over $1500 a month for the City Pre-K program. It is not affordable, and likely not the best option for their kid as the city program seems to be all about screen time and tests vs. the most appropriate learning for a young child.<br /><br />Families that can still afford to live in the city of Seattle will also be educated enough to know that the brain development of their child will not be best served by screen time. As an example, look at the children enrolled in Waldorf schools and their parents. It is all unregulated play and the discovery and expansion of ideas and discovery such curiosity brings. These are wealthy, often high-tech parents that understand that a brain on free rein vs. the brain chained to the screen is most likely to take leaps to new realms.<br /><br />The current City Pre-K is just another lie to chain brains to their least potential. It seems that our current city council and the mayor want to groom a voting populace most likely to follow their agenda without thought vs. aid in raising a generation that will question or bring forth ideas of their own.<br /><br />Missing LinkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-91327232255498121862017-08-11T08:23:38.124-07:002017-08-11T08:23:38.124-07:00That's the cost of the city's preschool pr...That's the cost of the city's preschool program for a family with income at the top of the income scale. It's just preschool, not 8+ hours per day, 12 months a year child care. Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-46873581214422558002017-08-11T07:15:23.377-07:002017-08-11T07:15:23.377-07:00@ Lynn-- P.S. I was quoting our after tax income. ...@ Lynn-- P.S. I was quoting our after tax income. Childcare is $21,600-$26,400 per year now. Yikes. http://www.mothersplacequalitychildcare.com/rates.html <br />$10,173 seems very low for Seattle, unless it is a home based daycare or less hours.<br />-JKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-64720618933662986472017-08-11T06:56:08.912-07:002017-08-11T06:56:08.912-07:00@Lynn-- Childcare/preschool in Seattle 10 years ag...@Lynn-- Childcare/preschool in Seattle 10 years ago cost us $15,000 per year. It was not a home based program, but a center in the central district. It was half of our income at the time & the city did not have a subsidized program that we were aware. The other half of our income went to rent & food. Rent was also much cheaper back then, but it was still a struggle paying for childcare. <br />-JKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-28290248321296415062017-08-10T16:07:30.817-07:002017-08-10T16:07:30.817-07:00Patrick,
You don't have to compare the cost o...Patrick,<br /><br />You don't have to compare the cost of five years of preschool to four years of college. Last year's tuition at the UW was $10,753. This year the cost of attendance at a City of Seattle preschool program is $10,173. That's pretty close to equivalence and unsibsidized preschools often cost more. Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-25273614872630380392017-08-10T15:08:14.314-07:002017-08-10T15:08:14.314-07:00Ghost Mom, thanks for pointing out that preschool ...Ghost Mom, thanks for pointing out that preschool costs more than college, I wouldn't have accepted it without doing the calculation. It's true if you include childcare from age 1-6 as part of preschool. There are free childcare options for working poor parents, but it's a pretty low cutoff. Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16260807460417787614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-63883551887192779802017-08-10T14:54:20.133-07:002017-08-10T14:54:20.133-07:00Govt paid health insurance should be seen as a con...Govt paid health insurance should be seen as a condition of national security as it assures us a flexible and innovative work force.<br /><br />-ParentScientistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-22568952450654361062017-08-10T11:35:39.258-07:002017-08-10T11:35:39.258-07:00Ghost Mom, and Part Two is about the gig economy. ...Ghost Mom, and Part Two is about the gig economy. Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-15638318998038158812017-08-10T11:22:38.471-07:002017-08-10T11:22:38.471-07:00So many formerly accepted rules of thumb are no lo...So many formerly accepted rules of thumb are no longer valid. It's not a good idea to stay at the same company and work your way up. States no longer subsidize as much of the cost of college so students have to pay for way more of it themselves, which makes it an unwise gamble for many. Preschool costs more than college in Washington state (and many other states), but there are no 529 plans or college scholarship programs for parents to pay for preschool. The whole idea of employer-based health insurance (and "group" policies) no longer works with employees shifting from company to company to climb up the ladder instead of working their way up within one company. By 2021, <a href="https://www.recode.net/2017/5/25/15690106/gig-on-demand-economy-workers-doubling-uber" rel="nofollow">9.2 million Americans are predicted to work in gig economy jobs</a>. How are our new workers going to pay for health insurance and maternity leave and preschool and a mortgage and a vacation? So many countries assume their citizens want to get an education, pick up the skills for a career, have a relationship, establish a home and raise children. They set things up to make that possible. In the U.S. we seem to pretend that none of these things are the case.Ghost Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-2050220925276277432017-08-09T14:23:32.829-07:002017-08-09T14:23:32.829-07:00There's another pretty significant problem--ab...There's another pretty significant problem--ability to pass drug tests at manufacturing businesses. I saw a recent story about several heavy industrial plants in the Midwest that had open jobs because 20%+ of the people applying failed drug tests. It's another place that the opioid epidemic has hit. Eric Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-80721551679342837322017-08-09T13:18:36.075-07:002017-08-09T13:18:36.075-07:00It's very difficult to get a job as a data sci...It's very difficult to get a job as a data scientist without the required educational background in math, statistics, data modeling, SQL and OOP. I was able to do it because of basically being immersed in the industry from the onset of the industry. Everyone was basically learning and once you know which formulas to use and when to use them the math requirements mean very little.<br /><br />Not many people could get their foot in the door these days without very good skills and at least a couple of years of formal education.<br /><br />The new guys coming in with the required prerequisites paid a lot of money to a few prestigious colleges for information available to anyone with a computer and willingness to put in the effort to learn. You just have to be able to get past the gate keepers. <br /><br />IT guy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-50652466383081506652017-08-09T12:44:50.817-07:002017-08-09T12:44:50.817-07:00So business believes this: only 11 percent of bus...So business believes this: only 11 percent of business leaders agree that college graduates are adequately prepared for the workforce. <br /><br />But then they require a college degree to apply for many jobs. It used to be you could work your way up if you were motivated. That is no longer true, at least at the places I have worked.<br /><br />HPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com