tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post5360093839200811292..comments2024-03-28T23:38:22.511-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-48057937554012249182017-01-25T04:32:58.782-08:002017-01-25T04:32:58.782-08:00Thanks for the best blog.it was very useful for me...Thanks for the best blog.it was very useful for me.keep sharing such ideas in the future as well.this was actually what i was looking for,and i am glad to came here! <br /> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow">magento development company in bangalore </a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05680698148796648987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-1776987015081490542017-01-24T23:32:34.466-08:002017-01-24T23:32:34.466-08:00Info Please,
I stand corrected. I was unaware of...Info Please,<br /><br />I stand corrected. I was unaware of current VHS schedule.<br /><br />VHS for years had a 5 period day on trimesters and did not use an alternating schedule.<br /><br />-- Dan DempseyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-60940376536942277742017-01-23T13:39:28.409-08:002017-01-23T13:39:28.409-08:003x5 = 5 period days for 3 trimesters, with most co...3x5 = 5 period days for 3 trimesters, with most courses meeting only two semesters out of the year. A class could meet 1st and 2nd semester, 2nd and 3rd semester, or 1st and 3rd semester, with a semester gap in between. For SPS, high schools typically have (6) 50 min periods each day, not including passing time and lunch. For a 3x5 schedule in SPS, a 5 period day would only increase class time by about 5 minutes per class, or 55 minutes per class, but reduce the number of days per course from 180 to 120. It just doesn't add up to enough class time. The idea is to squeeze in more courses over the span of a year, but the tradeoff is significantly less total class time for each course.<br /><br />According to VHS info, they operate on a two semester schedule, with longer blocks on T/Th (odd blocks on one day, even blocks on another), with 6 classes per semester (so not 3x5). Their high school day is 30 min longer than SPS.<br /><br />-Info please<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-44229839855680813952017-01-23T12:51:18.160-08:002017-01-23T12:51:18.160-08:00Info Please,
What is the 3x5 schedule?
Is it lik...Info Please,<br /><br />What is the 3x5 schedule?<br /><br />Is it like Vashon HS with 5 - 74 minute classes taught on trimesters?<br /><br />-- Dan DempseyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-86074993383287548802017-01-23T11:01:31.763-08:002017-01-23T11:01:31.763-08:00Along those lines, who will be assigned to IHS wit...Along those lines, who will be assigned to IHS with the 500 student addition opening the same year as Lincoln? Are they going to suddenly allow more IB option students (and how would IHS suddenly have enough teachers qualified to teach IB courses?), or will those students exist at IHS prior to the opening, just housed in portables? Someone had posted a link to portables planned for each school and BHS, IHS, and RHS were all ramping up to 4 portables each for 2017-18. BHS already has 2 and RHS 1. <br /><br />-Info please Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-51568793469180079812017-01-23T10:49:23.183-08:002017-01-23T10:49:23.183-08:00Any updates on the 24 Credit requirement and the 3...Any updates on the 24 Credit requirement and the 3x5 schedule proposal? Is it still on the table? Should parents be writing the school board with concerns? <br /><br />Also, 8th grade parents are making choices about high schools with zero info about future Lincoln offerings. You can look at course offerings for existing schools to get a general idea about potential AP classes or arts and world language offerings, but they could go poof with a redraw into Lincoln. How is SPS moving forward on building design without first considering basic school offerings? <br /><br />-Info pleaseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-7552430303987005212017-01-22T11:41:58.349-08:002017-01-22T11:41:58.349-08:00Great Valerie Strauss column in yesterday's Wa...Great Valerie Strauss column in yesterday's Washington Post: <br /><br /><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/01/21/democrats-reject-her-but-they-helped-pave-the-road-to-education-nominee-devos/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_1_na&utm_term=.a8cb17824f82" rel="nofollow">Democrats reject her, but they helped pave the road to education nominee DeVos</a><br /><br />-- EbenezerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-17576949335252547112017-01-22T09:35:11.177-08:002017-01-22T09:35:11.177-08:00Can we get back to talking about the HCC?
yawnCan we get back to talking about the HCC?<br /><br />yawnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30279941496118297902017-01-21T12:27:18.786-08:002017-01-21T12:27:18.786-08:00SeaMom said: What would happen if SPS refused to a...SeaMom said: <i>What would happen if SPS refused to adopt a balanced budget? It says in the letter that a balanced budget is a "legal requirement". What are the consequences of running a deficit? </i><br /><br />That doesn't really make sense. SPS is not a tax-collecting entity, so they'd have to find a party that would be willing to front them funds! <br /><br />No bank is going to do that, no private party is going to do that. Could they float a bond issuance to a public vote? Oh wait, that would amount to a levy...znoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-5924446180509367272017-01-21T10:38:39.673-08:002017-01-21T10:38:39.673-08:00What would happen if SPS refused to adopt a balanc...What would happen if SPS refused to adopt a balanced budget? It says in the letter that a balanced budget is a "legal requirement". What are the consequences of running a deficit? SeaMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666963981068862738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-54508106703403078912017-01-20T23:52:25.953-08:002017-01-20T23:52:25.953-08:00This happened today:
Man Wounded in Aurora Ave Sho...This happened today:<br /><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/man-shot-in-arm-on-aurora-avenue-north/" rel="nofollow">Man Wounded in Aurora Ave Shooting</a><br /><br />How much $$$ is the city putting toward security at Eaglestaff? Why do I think it won't be enough? And was any thought at all given to putting the no barrier shelter next door to the new school? If this is city-SPS partnership I shudder.<br /><br />"Depressed"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30044937824736201222017-01-20T17:06:56.564-08:002017-01-20T17:06:56.564-08:00Po3, I would revise your formula slightly. The &q...Po3, I would revise your formula slightly. The "something horrible" used Trump as a trial balloon, and when it floated, the something gained confidence and voice.<br /><br />Also, it's worth noting that the "something horrible" you refer to is a group of your fellow citizens. When you talk that way, it's considered polite in PC circles, but is actually very confrontational. It indicates no hope of, or interest in reconciliation. I don't think you are making any mistake in that regard, but it's worth noting.Outsidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-19824992315319861502017-01-20T16:45:30.648-08:002017-01-20T16:45:30.648-08:00Another education bill that will have a hearing on...Another education bill that will have a hearing on Monday, January 23, 2017 at 1 pm is SB 5155, which would eliminate suspension and expulsion for students in kindergarten through second grade. The bill would also require schools to develop policies and procedures to support students in meeting behavioral expectations, and encourage schools to use evidence-based preventative and restorative programs to support students in meeting behavioral expectations.<br /><br />Over 4,000 children in K-2 were suspended or expelled from Washington schools in 2015-16. Students of color, particularly black boys, are disproportionately suspended or expelled in early grades. Also, young students are suspended for behaviors that are disability based or the product of childhood trauma. Suspension of young children in early grades puts children on a negative path at the very beginning of their academic journey. <br /><br />Please ask your legislators to support SB 5155.<br /><br />Stop Suspending Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-62453271611879174052017-01-20T16:11:07.985-08:002017-01-20T16:11:07.985-08:00Agree Outsider, Trump tapped into something horrib...Agree Outsider, Trump tapped into something horrible and gave it permission to flourish. <br />But, this...whatever this is...that tells people to go jump off bridges will not prevail, because in the end I do believe that LOVE TRUMPS HATE. <br /><br /><br /><br />Po3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-86882907983074383462017-01-20T15:40:15.650-08:002017-01-20T15:40:15.650-08:00Don't let that stop you vs. don't do it ag...Don't let that stop you vs. don't do it again ... I'll go with the former and add one I forgot:<br /><br />5) Don't over-personalize history. Po3 mentions "what has been unleashed in this country," retreating tellingly into the passive voice. Something has indeed been unleashed, but who unleashed it and where did it come from? Trump doesn't deserve credit for that. He was just the idiot media savant who first saw how to exploit it. It would have gotten off the leash eventually no matter what. This thing that got off the leash needs some constructive response even aside from defeating Trump personally.Outsidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-41732284260157204182017-01-20T15:21:24.124-08:002017-01-20T15:21:24.124-08:00This blog has the biggest collection of progressiv...This blog has the biggest collection of progressive losers I've ever seen other than CNN.<br /><br />I'm going to stick around for a couple of months to school you tools.<br /><br />So put on your safety goggles, put in your ear plugs and warm up your milk because it's about to get really nasty.<br /><br />Dark Cracker <br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-69498296276122854672017-01-20T15:20:32.689-08:002017-01-20T15:20:32.689-08:00Outsider, you've got an X-chromosome as well.
...Outsider, you've got an X-chromosome as well.<br /><br />-GeneticistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-23075354586616395892017-01-20T15:11:36.130-08:002017-01-20T15:11:36.130-08:00Thank you for that lecture, Outsider; I just don&#...Thank you for that lecture, Outsider; I just don't appreciate being swept up in to one group of people that you have defined. But don't let that stop you.<br /><br />I think you may believe you are being clever in avoiding the actual words for the names you seek to call; don't do it again.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-5226064108646863812017-01-20T14:52:20.553-08:002017-01-20T14:52:20.553-08:00When the Seahawks lose to an opponent that seems c...When the Seahawks lose to an opponent that seems clearly inferior on paper, then after blaming the weather and the officials, they would probably have a look at their game plan. You guys seem strangely incapable of that. Just more of the same -- call them fascist and march in Seattle.<br /><br />Here's the problem. You can't persuade anyone by calling them fascist. No one's listening who doesn't already agree with you. You also forgot what protest marches are for. They are for when you don't have a voice in the room -- then you mass outside. But you own Seattle already. Every elected official here would kiss your feet. Having a protest march in Seattle is a sort of political onanism, designed to boost your feelings with no effect on the real world.<br /><br />Funny thing is -- Trump is easily beatable with a change in tactics. Here are some suggestions:<br /><br />1) Recently you were ardent champions of the Washington elites and War'n'Wall Street neocons, because you were so attached to the X chromosome. But that's over so it's ok to admit that maybe it wasn't even you to begin with. At a slogan level, at least, you agree with a lot of what Trump says. Change !! Power to the people !! Drain the swamp !! Trump's claim on those slogans is actually tenuous, so take them away. Make them yours.<br /><br />2) It's a mistake to misperceive the world in a desperate attempt to make your own insults true. Trump is not a classic fascist. Hitler had his brown-shirts, real devoted loyalists on the ground to provide muscle. Trump is purely a media creature with no organization at all. He had no choice but to turn to the Republican Party apparatus and right-wing think tank minions of DC because he has nothing. Those people are not really very loyal to Trump -- not long ago they were making fun of him. Their philosophy also isn't really very popular, even with Trump voters. He chose a bunch of billionaires for his cabinet because they seem familiar to him, but none of them will sacrifice anything for Trump. The Donald is actually very weak, and depends on your incompetence for his survival.<br /><br />3) There is a deep down problem with the Seattle Progressive Program (SPP). It consists more or less of: open borders + globalization + fake progressive politicians like Cantwell and Murry who have the X chromosome and never hurt your feelings but vote the MIC and corporoate line every time. The SPP actually is a formula for the pauperization of the American middle class. It exposes them to the entire global labor market and then blames them for their declining fortunes. People are bound to resist. Don't be an anal orifice and sit there all day criticizing the form of their resistance. Offer them some hope. That might require some re-examination of the SPP, but you can't escape that.<br /><br />4) Trump is easy beaten with argument, so it's uniquely stupid to focus on disruption of life and breaking rules as a form of opposition. Trump is dimwitted and incoherent. He hasn't thought through anything and his positions change daily. He doesn't even know how to deliver on his promises. Execution of his plans depends on a bunch of Heritage Foundation pinch-brains whom the people don't even like. He is exposed with hopeless promises like 4% economic growth. He has already backed away from a lot of his campaign promises. His only hope is for you to screw up, and keep insulting his supporters and being arrogant PC pricxs. Don't make that mistake.Outsidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-70612652613064286032017-01-20T13:11:17.616-08:002017-01-20T13:11:17.616-08:00Yes, he did say that. He really did.
Sad day for ...Yes, he did say that. He really did.<br /><br />Sad day for our children.<br /><br />Po3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-32734719728584757742017-01-20T12:50:03.833-08:002017-01-20T12:50:03.833-08:00I did not watching or listen this morning. I accep...I did not watching or listen this morning. I accept that it happened but that's about it. Now we just start cataloging all that happens. <br /><br />But he said this?<br /><br />"...an education system, flush with cash,"<br /><br />In what alternative universe is he living in?Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-11365952839498709012017-01-20T12:21:31.734-08:002017-01-20T12:21:31.734-08:00Reprint:
Essay assigned as punishment for student...Reprint:<br /><br />Essay assigned as punishment for student walk-out/with edits<br /><br />http://www.queenannenews.com/Content/Opinion/Opinion/Article/LETTERS-TO-THE-EDITOR-December-7-2016/9/540/39026<br /><br />*The power (and importance) of protest*<br /><br />Protest is a great American tradition. Protesting is a human right. The<br />bill of rights guarantees the freedom of speech, and the freedom to<br />address grievances to the government by protest. Effective means of<br />protesting should be taught to every student in this country.<br /><br />American history has many examples of famous protests. The Boston tea<br />party and the Boston massacre are examples of successful protests that<br />lead to the American revolution. Another example of a successful protest<br />is the suffragettes. These women protested for the right to vote against<br />violent oppression. The Black Lives Matter protests are another example of<br />an effective protest. Black Lives Matter is in the great tradition of the<br />freedom riders from the 1960s. Modern protests for modern change should be<br />encouraged.<br /><br />Citizens should exercise their rights, or they might be in danger of losing<br />them. The constitution included those rights for a reason. They were also<br />included for all people, and all points of views. Citizens should not receive<br />negative consequences for exercising their rights. This will inhibit their use<br />of the rights. These basic human rights should be celebrated, not punished.<br /><br />Jan Ciganik<br />8th grade<br />McClure Middle School<br />Seattle WA<br /><br />//<br /><br />-McClureWatcherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-25832686045769200962017-01-20T12:10:30.921-08:002017-01-20T12:10:30.921-08:00Justa Thought, I agree. Half the country elected T...Justa Thought, I agree. Half the country elected Trump, many of them voters who'd previously voted for Obama, twice. I think it's far more productive to ponder the reasons for this result. The shrillness of our discourse now makes fascism and racism the default reason for everything wrong that one particular faction doesn't like. Honestly, Clinton could start the White Privilege Party. It would fit her to a T.<br /><br />We could've had a true consensus candidate, a gift named Bernie, but as they used to say in Redmond, when you write bad code you eat your dog food. Arne Duncan, Betsey DeVos? What's the difference? Both incompetent, equally insulting. Best to wait and watch and choose our battles.<br /><br />Westside<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-48367410835333224062017-01-20T11:44:15.060-08:002017-01-20T11:44:15.060-08:00That was me above -
Justa ThoughtThat was me above -<br /><br />Justa ThoughtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-2114726584419454562017-01-20T11:43:28.503-08:002017-01-20T11:43:28.503-08:00@ EdVoter - You heard one thing - I heard another...@ EdVoter - You heard one thing - I heard another - and it wasn't Fascism. Let's look at his speech and not throw labels that derail discussion.<br /><br />"January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Everyone is listening to you now. You came by the tens of millions to become part of a historic movement the likes of which the world has never seen before. At the center of this movement is a crucial conviction: that a nation exists to serve its citizens. Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves. These are the just and reasonable demands of a righteous public. But for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists: Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of knowledge; and the crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential. This American carnage stops right here and stops right now." <br /><br />I think if Bernie had said these things you would have a different reaction. Justa ThoughtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com