tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post5465890194554432091..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Board Meeting - Part FiveMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-19306331350035942782013-11-20T22:25:59.083-08:002013-11-20T22:25:59.083-08:00State per pupil support for Seattle Schools is sti...State per pupil support for Seattle Schools is still $272 less this year than in 2008-'09 - this is data referred to in letter from Rep Pollet to Board and Admin mentioned by Joe Paperman. That's after our supposed big investment to start meeting McCleary obligations.<br />Gerry PolletGerry Pollethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06905954437773845617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-17084515247367371432013-11-20T20:05:16.498-08:002013-11-20T20:05:16.498-08:00ArchStanton,
You're sweet but insane. I am t...ArchStanton,<br /><br />You're sweet but insane. I am too impolitic to do that. But I'm out recruiting!mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-58095148254410707312013-11-20T19:30:26.256-08:002013-11-20T19:30:26.256-08:00@ mirmac1: I'd suggest you run for school boa...@ mirmac1: I'd suggest you run for school board, but I guess you missed the window,<br /><br />-ArchStantonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-15467708090581798922013-11-20T19:15:54.100-08:002013-11-20T19:15:54.100-08:00Furious,
I dislike the tenor as well, but guess w...Furious,<br /><br />I dislike the tenor as well, but guess who instigates each snarky exchange. DeBell and his insufferable arrogance. If I'd work alongside him all these years, I'd blast him to the moon.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-34824610413721836522013-11-20T18:52:38.853-08:002013-11-20T18:52:38.853-08:00Let me be clear:
If 7th and 8th graders are not t...Let me be clear:<br /><br />If 7th and 8th graders are not taken out of their middle schools, it will be 6th grade rollups. It's an either/or question. <br /><br />Secondary school rollups suck worse than moving. <br /><br />6th grade only at JAMS is about 200 kids. That doesn't even get them a full time librarian. Band? You think? Foreign language offerings for that few kids? That's basically one and half math teachers, 1.5 science teachers, etc. <br /><br />That sucks. That's not a middle school. <br /><br />So while it's not anybody's ideal, yes, 7th and 8th graders, a whole lot of you have to leave your middle schools. <br /><br />I'm sorry your lives aren't quite as you imagined - really - but I'm not willing to lose the 200 or so kids who will be the only ones without the resources to get out of the 6th grade rollup. We know, given how this plan has rolled out, exactly who will be the 6th graders stuck in a rollup - those whose parents don't speak English or don't have access to information.<br /><br />So, NO 6th GRADE ROLLUPS = Dividing middle schools.<br /><br />Signed: it happens Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-50480627352215964462013-11-20T18:42:51.656-08:002013-11-20T18:42:51.656-08:00Thank you so much for the updates you brave souls....Thank you so much for the updates you brave souls.<br /><br />-secret admirerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-83033924297358911142013-11-20T18:23:36.427-08:002013-11-20T18:23:36.427-08:00You want dysfunctional.
Take a look at this blas...You want dysfunctional. <br /><br />Take a look at this blast from the past with <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/define_dysfunctional" rel="nofollow">the Stranger's take on Darlene Flynn and the School Board. </a>katienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-53395097013305499972013-11-20T18:09:31.102-08:002013-11-20T18:09:31.102-08:00OMG. This is what the Times meant when it said boa...OMG. This is what the Times meant when it said board dysfunctionality gets in the way. <br /><br />I disagreed then. I see it their way tonight.<br /><br />Really, did Smith-Blum and DeBell have to snipe at each other from the get-go? At both of theirs last meeting? Couldn't they contain their obvious dislike of each other to move this boulder along? Ridiculous and set the perfect wrong tone.<br /><br />And we've got Peaslee and Patu lost with Peaslee jockeying for amendment position. <br /><br />And Morris more worried about burnishing his national image than the trainwreck in front of him.<br /><br />P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C.<br /><br />It's like a 3rd rate reality show: The Real Life Misadventures of A So-Called Governing Body.<br /><br />They all deserve the meeting to go until 1 a.m. The lot of them.<br /><br />Furious ViewerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com