tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post4936986633567324327..comments2024-03-18T16:51:10.406-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Tuesday Open ThreadMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-52894069535321145652016-10-06T08:49:04.069-07:002016-10-06T08:49:04.069-07:00Madison Middle School has scheduled five extra ear...Madison Middle School has scheduled five extra early release dates so that teachers can work on MTSS. Link to more info <a href="http://madisonms.seattleschools.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=1519&pageId=14148223" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br />Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-9708859568622476012016-10-05T22:35:02.509-07:002016-10-05T22:35:02.509-07:00Just saw a story on KING5 tonight (Wednesday) abou...Just saw a story on KING5 tonight (Wednesday) about SSD considering changing bell times again to later starts to fulfill a teachers contract. What??WestSeattleDadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-80291797938860489092016-10-05T14:56:17.975-07:002016-10-05T14:56:17.975-07:00Every girl on Garfield's homecoming court this...Every girl on Garfield's homecoming court this year is African American. This is not equitable. The district must call a task force to study the problem.<br /><br />Double StandardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-68016663281512374622016-10-05T13:29:22.593-07:002016-10-05T13:29:22.593-07:00After a somewhat bizarre conversation with school ...After a somewhat bizarre conversation with school staff about [what I believe to be inadequate] textbooks, it made me wonder why SPS does not have a central budget for textbooks and instead takes it out of each school's budget. Having the purchases tied to a school's budget, rather than to the district's, schools have a disincentive to have adequate materials for all students. The staff suggested they are questioned if they buy a new set of classroom texts. What?! Is this how other districts operate? My instinct would be, no. I found a link for a district north of us showing they maintain a master list of texts for each grade. What's up with textbook purchases in SPS??<br /><br />-parentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-39144996175658247812016-10-05T10:13:57.170-07:002016-10-05T10:13:57.170-07:00Some Seattle City Councilmembers seek to open all ...Some Seattle City Councilmembers seek to open all parks to homelessness. There are issues with health and safety. I understand these issues have impacted school playgrounds, but I don't know the details.<br /><br />Please consider contacting the City Council. I have to stand with Tim Burgess on this one:<br /><br />http://us12.campaign-archive1.com/?u=11a79978ca7225050bfabf7ad&id=afd02ddf3d&e=6e7bc4c229Watchingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-47446658142562100222016-10-04T18:53:10.073-07:002016-10-04T18:53:10.073-07:00Core Knowledge is based on students learning conte...Core Knowledge is based on students learning content. It emphasizes the learning of a broad knowledge base. <br /><br />Hirsch has shown that the greatest factor in a student's ability to comprehend a reading passage is the reader's previous knowledge of the subject matter. <br /><br />This is definitely a different line of thinking than the big emphasis on process over content so prevalent in recent years.<br /><br />The Common Core State Standards for math are often times distorted with a huge emphasis on the Standards for Mathematical Process at the expense of appropriate emphasis on the content standards. This distortion will not happen in a Core Knowledge school.<br /><br />-- Dan DempseyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-50489725445855665602016-10-04T18:34:11.496-07:002016-10-04T18:34:11.496-07:00Core Knowledge has been around for quite a while.
...Core Knowledge has been around for quite a while.<br /><br />Developed by E.D. Hirsch<br /><br /><a href="http://coreknowledge.org/" rel="nofollow"><b>http://coreknowledge.org/</b></a><br /><br />-- Dan Dempsey<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-60798821846236266092016-10-04T16:24:51.955-07:002016-10-04T16:24:51.955-07:00I have a 5th grader at Hazel Wolf - we usually hav...I have a 5th grader at Hazel Wolf - we usually have a half time nurse but the new hire quit right before school and we're still waiting to hear about a replacement. Thank goodness she is fairly independent in her care and we have great PDAs in place.T1D toonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-44219014279623690512016-10-04T15:53:51.230-07:002016-10-04T15:53:51.230-07:00My middle schooler is flipping water bottles, and ...My middle schooler is flipping water bottles, and like the other parents cited in the article it does drive me nuts!<br /><br />I had no idea it was a national trend. Interesting.<br /><br />-StepJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-14062462322985818772016-10-04T13:42:28.112-07:002016-10-04T13:42:28.112-07:00Health Services Manager, Katie Johnson, has resign...Health Services Manager, Katie Johnson, has resigned. She announced this last week at her monthly nurses' meeting. No announcement has been made to school principals although there is a serious nursing shortage. <br /><br />My chronically-ill child is in a school where the nurse is so overloaded that she is struggling to safely care for the children in her charge. Wondering which other schools have nurses who are overwhelmed or do not have nursing care enough of the time. I would like to put together some info for the Board, even if it's anecdotal, for them to be aware of this critical issue.<br /><br />Does your school have a nurse? Is s/he able to provide a safe environment for the health of the kids in your school? If not, what are the issues?<br /><br /><br />T1DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-55894643634061527102016-10-04T13:33:26.790-07:002016-10-04T13:33:26.790-07:00http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/gary-johnson-trash...http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/gary-johnson-trashes-leaders-who-know-geography-it-allows-them-to-put-our-military-in-harms-way/<br /><br />Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson suggested on Tuesday that the United States would be less likely to engage in foreign conflicts if its president did not have a firm grasp on world geography.<br /><br />---------------<br /><br />Perhaps this is why world geography has been cut from middle school curriculum?<br /><br />-McClureWatcherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-64939979157197468452016-10-04T10:04:10.874-07:002016-10-04T10:04:10.874-07:00The problem with most bureaucracy's web site i...The problem with most bureaucracy's web site information is that it's usually,<br /><br />1. Out of date<br />2. Wrong<br />3. Manipulated<br />4. Incomplete<br />5. Misleading <br /><br />If the FOIA would include a penalty against bureaucracies for any of the above, then perhaps we might have more trust in bureaucracies web-sites.<br /><br />More FOIA Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com