tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post4801798854534606664..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Survey on ... the Superintendent VS the Board?Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-62678352857532688192011-11-23T20:12:38.863-08:002011-11-23T20:12:38.863-08:00Best Superintendent .... well check this for an e...Best Superintendent .... well <a href="http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/Departmental%20Content/school%20board/11-12%20agendas/101911agenda/20111019_SuperintendentEvaluationInstrument.pdf" rel="nofollow">check this</a> for an evaluation instrument.<br /><br />This is as close to a completely meaningless evaluation instrument as is possible. It measures essentially nothing.<br /><br />How writing a list of 20 goals passes for an evaluation instrument could likely be explained only by the Superintendent and the Board ..... going where no one has gone before ... voyaging through empty space.dan dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-63173526844028328472011-11-23T08:40:31.549-08:002011-11-23T08:40:31.549-08:00You are exactly right, baffled. Where was the que...You are exactly right, baffled. Where was the question "should we have an open, competitive process to secure the best superintendent we can, who has exhibited values like honesty, ethical behaviour, competence, etc etc.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-12356230796170481742011-11-22T23:21:34.595-08:002011-11-22T23:21:34.595-08:00I do not have time to read everything on this thre...I do not have time to read everything on this thread. Thank you blog owners for giving the opportunity to comment on the survey. What an odd and unresolved survey. I wound up not completing it. No, I'm not going to give a priority of classroom instruction v support services. Are they really that feeble? I really hope everybody boycotted the survey. It makes me very unhappy that that is the level of thinking that is going on and I cannot for the life of me figure out what it had to do with the question of whether or not to have a national search for the supt position. <br /><br />Baffled parentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-48958128168062665882011-11-22T19:39:26.192-08:002011-11-22T19:39:26.192-08:00It seems like a rather odd premise at the start.
...It seems like a rather odd premise at the start.<br /><br />Which branch should be eliminated/or have more power...Executive/Legislative/Judicial?<br /><br />We are currently in a situation without these checks or balances...and the question is how best to make it worse?StepJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11375599834945035820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-35374308771754219002011-11-22T05:23:58.197-08:002011-11-22T05:23:58.197-08:00Chris S at 2:11
if you assume the most duplicitou...Chris S at 2:11<br /><br />if you assume the most duplicitous, under handed, condescending, arrogant, elitist, power hungry motives of the well paid cliques running billy's messaging merry go rounds, you will rarely be wrong. <br /><br />if you were good enough to be 1 of them, then you wouldn't be you, you'd be 1 of them.<br /><br />How Great Thou ArtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-27279879848102981842011-11-21T22:35:34.927-08:002011-11-21T22:35:34.927-08:00I received a link from Smith-Blumm (even though I ...I received a link from Smith-Blumm (even though I am not in her district but have communicated with her in the past) and one from the school board to the email I have on file with my children's school.<br /><br />I thought the survey was decent and would have chosen to have a strong SI with the board providing oversight if I thought that they would actually follow through in firing a rogue SI and not have it cost half a million. <br /><br />I agree with others that at least they are asking for feedback.Namenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-56842250560545690742011-11-21T20:37:25.188-08:002011-11-21T20:37:25.188-08:00They do not have equal power.They do not have equal power.Guichonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-7012450068039941082011-11-21T19:30:51.362-08:002011-11-21T19:30:51.362-08:00My link came from the Seattle School board. Seattl...My link came from the Seattle School board. Seattle School Board: SeattleSchoolBoard@seattleschools.org<br /><br />--Lisa, but too lazy to log into GoogleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-34651094974172733092011-11-21T19:06:43.583-08:002011-11-21T19:06:43.583-08:00I got the survey link from an Kay Smith Blum email...I got the survey link from an Kay Smith Blum email last night.<br /><br />I found this survey very odd. I don't know what they are going to do with the answers. The questions were so vaguely worded that the answers won't give you a clear idea of what the recipient intended.<br /><br />-And So it GoesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-87317025209307305172011-11-21T17:35:29.597-08:002011-11-21T17:35:29.597-08:00nsf,
yer a jeeniues! Of course, by phone! Why d...nsf,<br /><br />yer a jeeniues! Of course, by phone! Why didn't Mr. Elway expert say that?!<br /><br />Dur!mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-89434564057656814642011-11-21T17:12:11.513-08:002011-11-21T17:12:11.513-08:00as to policy, governance and implementation...
th...as to policy, governance and implementation...<br /><br />there's me, in my naivete thinking that the board, as our representatives, creates policy on what and how the district IS, based on what we, their masters want for our children...<br /><br />then the super implements that policy...<br /><br />and the board supervises her implementation and makes sure she is carrying otu the wishes of the people...<br /><br />Just like government with a big "G"...<br /><br />oh wait - that aint working too well, now, is it???<br /><br />What with all those lobbyists buying up the congressmen and senators and getting what they want for their bankers/special interest groups, rather than what we want...<br /><br />Now, where have I seen that play out close to home, I wonder???<br /><br />For those who dont know me, heavy sarcasm alert...Sahilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610179287237833742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-51257864450284176122011-11-21T17:00:25.795-08:002011-11-21T17:00:25.795-08:00These questions are so fuzzy and open to interpret...These questions are so fuzzy and open to interpretation, I don't believe the responses CAN be used appropriately.<br /><br /><b>Question No. 5:</b> How should I assess the school board? If I answer that I'm happy because two dreadful incumbents have been jettisoned, will that be construed as an endorsement of the board's pathetic performance over the past four years?<br /><br /><b>Question 8:</b> Could somebody please add a choice that says "Just because the direction of the school district has improved since MGJ was canned, that doesn't mean it's good."<br /><br /><b>Question 9:</b> Does "professional development" mean "top-down enforcement of instructional practices on teachers using mathematically unsound textbooks"? Or does it mean "giving teachers meaningful opportunities to implement traditional math? Does "increasing rigor" mean establishing ALO's that aren't a mere joke? Or is it code for the C-average graduation requirement?<br /><br /><b>Question No. 10</b> says "the district cannot do everything at once." It's a question of false choices. Can't we replicate programs like Schmitz Park math and simultaneously close the achievement gap? Can't we expand create more option schools and simultaneously mitigate the NE capacity disaster? (Why weren't Jane Addams, Sand Point and MacDonald re-opened as option schools with attractive programming e.g. language immersion, Spectrum or traditional math?)<br /><br /><b>Question No. 11</b> Should the new superintendent have expertise in capital planning and management, or perhaps expertise in advanced learning?<br /><br />I suspect this survey is politically motivated and will be spun by the education privatizers.<br /><br />And yet I responded anyhow. I'm just that desperate to believe that my opinion counts.Bruce Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02254699573535543881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-76549740481311682652011-11-21T16:55:01.394-08:002011-11-21T16:55:01.394-08:00I agree with mirmac - student-mail (home in the ba...I agree with mirmac - student-mail (home in the backpack) or some other old-fashionedy way to ensure ALL parent/guardians had a chance to weigh in - Many families, especially those in poverty, are without easy internet access.seattle citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724175257161649500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-7606569414306983392011-11-21T16:53:08.347-08:002011-11-21T16:53:08.347-08:00Not related to this thread, but Gregoire has propo...Not related to this thread, but Gregoire has proposed taking a half-cent sales tax increase to the public for vote in March. She would use part of the revenue "buy back" the four days of school that she proposed be cut (instead of increasing class sizes). The additional revenue would also be used to prevent a $152 million cut in levy-equalization payments to property-poor school districts and a $160 million cut to funding for state colleges and universities.<br /><br />Link to Seattle Times Story:<br />http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016817276_statebudget21m.htmlFedMomof2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-56279497098986361692011-11-21T16:52:22.383-08:002011-11-21T16:52:22.383-08:00RosieReader,
Did you ask for Director Carr to emai...RosieReader,<br />Did you ask for Director Carr to email you a link? Was it sent out in an email to all her constituents? I've received no such link from my Director. Hmmm.<br /><br />Either way (you asked for it and received the link via email, or Director Carr sent it to all HER constituents but not others, and other Directors didn't) it skews the results, either towards involved people such as yourself who ask for things, or towards sectors of the city that got the email from Carr.<br /><br />Very odd. Where's MY email?seattle citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724175257161649500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-76135407088290367952011-11-21T15:52:56.395-08:002011-11-21T15:52:56.395-08:00@What's up Charlie...
thanks for asking that ...@What's up Charlie...<br /><br />thanks for asking that question... I too was wondering...Sahilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610179287237833742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-52054561938326820272011-11-21T15:47:36.872-08:002011-11-21T15:47:36.872-08:00"robo-calls - are they coming?"
No Chri..."robo-calls - are they coming?"<br /><br />No Chris, mirimac will remind you that not everyone has a phone. Calls are bad as are emails.<br /><br />We must only use kid mail. But I'm not sure that is fair either because not all kids have backpacks.<br /><br />nsfanonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03716725891562757052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-63696805208736057362011-11-21T15:34:55.691-08:002011-11-21T15:34:55.691-08:00I received my link to the survey in an email from ...I received my link to the survey in an email from Sherry Carr.<br /><br />I would imagine that it would be difficult to ensure "one vote per person" if they simply put a link to the survey on the SPS website. But maybe someone who understands how these things work could weigh in?RosieReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509678140588070623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-6544184974772901222011-11-21T15:17:49.889-08:002011-11-21T15:17:49.889-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-79253428358841426442011-11-21T15:10:01.716-08:002011-11-21T15:10:01.716-08:00"Interesting" that this survey by the di..."Interesting" that this survey by the district is coming right on the heels of the Alliance survey.<br /><br />Let's get real here. This district is tossing around in bed with the Alliance, LEV and the others, while the teachers go to work every day like a bunch of peons and your kids are gearing up for the next round of MAP tesing.<br /><br />I find it disgusting that people on this blog are advocating for the hiring of Enfield who has already proven herself to be two-faced and a liar, both in emails and at the board meeting. She was protecting the nameless One that was alluded to by her ethics coach, Jon Bridge.<br /><br />I no longer teach in Seattle but have good friends who still do. They deserve so much better than this. <br /><br />--and so do your kidsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-36515419141436423762011-11-21T15:01:27.807-08:002011-11-21T15:01:27.807-08:00The survey is on their Web site, isn't it? I t...The survey is on their Web site, isn't it? I to an e-mail from teh district linking me here: http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=189059Floor Piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06533240227865369012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-65200859453368054152011-11-21T14:52:59.330-08:002011-11-21T14:52:59.330-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-67332368371384878782011-11-21T14:42:06.526-08:002011-11-21T14:42:06.526-08:00If this is so important, how come it isn't at ...If this is so important, how come it isn't at the district's website? I can't find it.<br /><br />You have to wonder.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-9564794698873910522011-11-21T14:11:02.058-08:002011-11-21T14:11:02.058-08:00robo-calls - are they coming?
I just had a bit of...robo-calls - are they coming?<br /><br />I just had a bit of an epiphany about the reson for that last question. Is it an attempt to decrease the board's power before the new members are seated?<br /><br />Explain the timing too - Sharon Peaslee's late-breaking lead.<br /><br />Too conspiratorial? Or the simplest explanation? It's my understanding that written policy defines the superintendent as "directed by the board" and to change that is really a pretty radical and undemocratic proposal.Chris S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17016898261120819596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-14753501905259512082011-11-21T13:44:29.128-08:002011-11-21T13:44:29.128-08:00nsf, not your bank acct, right? : )
A take home i...nsf, not your bank acct, right? : )<br /><br />A take home in every students backpack. Translated in the appropriate language, of course.<br /><br />Or, through school PTSAs<br /><br />Just the way they used to do it in olden days.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.com