tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post6482722183735139661..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Schools with State Test Participation Rates below the Required 95%Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-51319217669596156572019-08-11T05:10:52.382-07:002019-08-11T05:10:52.382-07:00Yes, wrathgod007@gmail.com is the only hacker that...Yes, wrathgod007@gmail.com is the only hacker that can help hack into your kids school site and change all the grades, i had used his service once for daughter on courses she kept failing.<br />Feel free to reach out, he is the best for thisJACOB PHILIPShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00064507484877210806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-61892373274234453582019-05-29T02:50:30.893-07:002019-05-29T02:50:30.893-07:00Hello everyone! i want to publicly appreciate the ...Hello everyone! i want to publicly appreciate the effort of cyberspaceintelligence@gmail.com or cyberspaceintelligence on instagram for<br />helping me hack my partner's whatsapp without access to the phone in less than 48hrs and <br />my partner did not figure out.You can also contact him for all sorts of hacks…He would be <br />willing to help you.Just tell him i reffered you and you can be rest assured he <br />would provide you with fast and reliable service…Getting the job done is as simple as sending an email to cyberspaceintelligence@gmail.com or cyberspaceintelligence on <br /><br />instagram, Tell him i referred you.He will help youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-4166138320080233082016-05-31T09:58:34.059-07:002016-05-31T09:58:34.059-07:00You need a hacker to go to for all of your cyber i...You need a hacker to go to for all of your cyber issues from facebook,gmail,whatsaapp,textlogs hacks to bank acct hacks to credit hacks to website hacks to upgrade of score, upgrade of college gpa... then steelbreakers is the one you should consult, they're usually busy but will find time for you.<br />Hire a team of profesional hackers<br />Gmail: pauleta.steelbreaker<br />m- +1 928-323-3115Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-84257324477164222652016-04-25T21:57:34.983-07:002016-04-25T21:57:34.983-07:00@ Aka
Non-profit status does not mean that there ...@ Aka<br /><br />Non-profit status does not mean that there isn't an (unnecessary) product being sold to districts. <br /><br />Research on the tests themselves reinforce this loop. Interesting how little research is being done on the opt out students and how well they are faring without standardized tests. <br /><br />Many non-profits compete in the open market right alongside for-profit companies. <br /><br />SW MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-65648138624768212072016-04-25T09:57:37.823-07:002016-04-25T09:57:37.823-07:00No it isn't right. She cannot lose her qualifi...No it isn't right. She cannot lose her qualification. Your current school is lying to you. <br /><br />If math placement is an issue, call the middle school and ask them how kids coming from private school are placed. The same process would apply to your student without SBAC scores.Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-70471068379755122482016-04-25T08:42:23.155-07:002016-04-25T08:42:23.155-07:00I didn't read all the comments so perhaps this...I didn't read all the comments so perhaps this was already address (and if so my apologies)...<br /><br />But I tried to opt out my 5th grader and was basically bullied into her taking the SBAC. She is newly qualified to join HCC and I was told she might lose her qualification if she didn't take the test and they wouldn't know where to place her in math w/o these scores. <br /><br />Is this right?<br /><br />Mag momAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-34840679738066476732016-04-25T07:42:04.201-07:002016-04-25T07:42:04.201-07:00Oh, aka, so many people make salaries and/or profi...Oh, aka, so many people make salaries and/or profit from the standardized test industry I couldn't begin to list them all....But Amplify and charter schools are a good start.seattle citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724175257161649500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-5882628683558796852016-04-25T06:24:27.664-07:002016-04-25T06:24:27.664-07:00SW Mom, FYI - All of the testing companies and org...SW Mom, FYI - All of the testing companies and organizations involved in WA's statewide testing are non-profit. <br /><br />--- akaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-85110277705969197592016-04-24T22:30:08.494-07:002016-04-24T22:30:08.494-07:00I'm an opt-out elementary parent in West Seatt...I'm an opt-out elementary parent in West Seattle. It's not big here (yet). There is MUCH pressure from the school's leadership to TAKE the tests and families who opt out are retaliated against. I can only speak for 1 school though, not all of them in WS. <br /><br />I would add that affluent families might have more resources to handle the blow back from opting out. Testing is a for profit business. I've never known a business to sit by quietly while their money-makers (our kids) quit producing. <br /><br />It may also be that lower income families trust the system more? Or have less time to be heavily involved and thereby understand how testing corruption works? <br /><br />My issue isn't the amount of time or the format of the tests (although neither of these are great). It's the amount of money spent on them that clearly should be going elsewhere. <br /><br />SW Mom Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-87201271841472917512016-04-24T17:55:15.108-07:002016-04-24T17:55:15.108-07:00Fair game, the real bullies isn't an advocate...Fair game, the real bullies isn't an advocate lik mirmac, it's the district, especially the nitwits in special education administration. They do everything they can to sell students with disabilities down the river - from increasing caseloads, to stealing (condoning diversion of funds), to allowing suspension, restraint, and abuse, to promulgation of maximumally restrictive placements. They lie so often to parents, they can't even keep the lies straight. The number 1 goal of special ed administration, is personal career advancement. I'm not sure what special powers or influence you're afraid mirmac has, but truly, the district is the problem. Is mirmac always maximumally effective? Who is? In special ed, honey never works, even a little bit.<br /><br />SpeddieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-4955483262604638202016-04-24T11:50:39.292-07:002016-04-24T11:50:39.292-07:00Thanks, Josh and Melissa. Melissa, I hadn't th...Thanks, Josh and Melissa. Melissa, I hadn't thought about getting in touch with the union. That is a good suggestion. My feeling, though, is that there is not a lot the union could do in this kind of situation. If the administration doesn't want to hire someone who has opted their kid out it seems like it would be really easy to just pass over that person without really formally announcing why.<br />Josh, unfortunately, financially, we are not at a place where we can afford to put my philosophical views about the SBAC before my employment prospects.<br />-Black-balled?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-29638872628798320872016-04-24T10:26:46.210-07:002016-04-24T10:26:46.210-07:00Today's Sunday New York Times op-ed section ha...Today's Sunday New York Times op-ed section has a piece that claims that "more minority educators, parents and students are criticizing the [state standardized] tests..." <br />Yay!<br /><br /><a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/opinion/sunday/race-and-the-standardized-testing-wars.html?referer" rel="nofollow">Race and The Testing Wars</a>seattle citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724175257161649500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-87106749979716313242016-04-23T12:31:05.201-07:002016-04-23T12:31:05.201-07:00I will point out that hiring decisions are largely...I will point out that hiring decisions are largely site-driven -- interviews and decisions are made on a school-by-school basis, not downtown. It's true that the choice made by a school hiring committee has to be approved by HR downtown, but I've never heard of that decision being overturned (except for egregious reasons: one hire I heard about did not, in fact, have the degree and cert they claimed to have, something that was turned up by HR). <br /><br />That doesn't mean that school admins won't look askance at the opt-out thing, but that should only be "common knowledge" at that particular school. Heck, some schools might find it a positive (Hale, for instance, though you indicate you're looking at middle school). I suspect that hiring decisions, like any other decision, are driven by a multiplicity of factors, and those factors vary from school to school and person to person WITHIN schools. I've sat on hiring committees, and I've sat in front of them. There are no hard, fast, rules.<br /><br />As for me, I see my job as parent to be paramount. If that costs me professionally, so be it. It's up to you. (And I did what you've done: subbed for a year, and then got hired on, though not at SPS.) For my part, I suspect ageism was involved in some of my interviews, but who can say?Josh Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242600011474990770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30163487211042862452016-04-23T11:04:09.619-07:002016-04-23T11:04:09.619-07:00Black-balled, that may be a question for a union m...Black-balled, that may be a question for a union member. Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-65484621441919573512016-04-23T10:08:11.988-07:002016-04-23T10:08:11.988-07:00I am considering opting out my middle schooler fro...I am considering opting out my middle schooler from the SBAC. I am a certificated teacher who is currently subbing in the district. I plan on applying for teaching jobs for the fall, possibly at my kid's school. Do you all think opting my kid out will prevent me from getting hired?<br />-Black balled?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-28873420715045705902016-04-23T08:55:13.567-07:002016-04-23T08:55:13.567-07:00LisaG, no doubt that is true (that some standardiz...LisaG, no doubt that is true (that some standardized tests could flag a learning disability). That is one reason I am all for annual standardized testing. What I am not is pro-SBA. From what I have seen, it is not a good test - beyond the content, it gives me no useful information as a parent and takes up way too much of the school year. (At least my kid learned to type.) <br /><br />Why IS the SBA better than the ITBS, for example? As a parent, I don't get it. Why would we want our kids to miss so many instructional days?<br /><br />Reader32<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-44918306028160913572016-04-23T00:31:49.304-07:002016-04-23T00:31:49.304-07:00Perhaps Speddie, but Mirmac can also be a bully an...Perhaps Speddie, but Mirmac can also be a bully and a bridge-burner, full of fight, judgement, and (sometimes) misinformation... It's an unfortunate abuse of influence and power...<br /><br />Fair game<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-7426879073955496752016-04-22T23:55:27.059-07:002016-04-22T23:55:27.059-07:00Wow. Aka, Sideline Watcher - you are a bunch of h...Wow. Aka, Sideline Watcher - you are a bunch of haters. Aka, mirmac is a tireless advocate for students with disabilities. Who are you an advocate for? Testing companies and remediaters. Readers - pick your peeps.<br /><br />Speddie Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-31948427355014464942016-04-22T18:07:10.903-07:002016-04-22T18:07:10.903-07:00Hey Sideline watcher,
She's doing what it tak...Hey Sideline watcher,<br /><br />She's doing what it takes to get things changed for the betterment of those she sees fit. <br /><br /><br />--DorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-34507483990726627792016-04-22T17:45:33.759-07:002016-04-22T17:45:33.759-07:00"If it's all the same to you, mirmac, I t..."If it's all the same to you, mirmac, I think I'll go ahead and pass on your offer. I have no interest in having you post my home address and the name of the school my children attend on your Scribd site...<br /><br />--- aka"<br /><br />Well AKA it's much more insidious than just that! Imagine having direct one on one access to the people who hold the purse strings or having one or two board directors on speed dial. Bombarding the legal dept with never ending Public Records Request (PRR).<br /><br /> One can only imagine what she is up to. <br /><br />Sideline watcher Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-42412604866293388922016-04-22T17:34:00.608-07:002016-04-22T17:34:00.608-07:00Micmac1 has done a lot for SPS as the current SPED...Micmac1 has done a lot for SPS as the current SPED PTSA president. <br /><br />Take look at their website :<br /><br />http://seattlespecialeducationptsa.org/contact-us/<br /><br /><br />--Dor Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-8804441851947453442016-04-22T17:15:29.446-07:002016-04-22T17:15:29.446-07:00Eric, very thoughtful.
I, too, sometimes don'...Eric, very thoughtful. <br /><br />I, too, sometimes don't like that people who read this blog go to meetings and know who I am in person and yet I don't know who they are. It's an uncomfortable feeling. <br /><br />But maybe that's the point. Just like some people saying, "I know where you live." Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30823551296898117192016-04-22T16:25:53.589-07:002016-04-22T16:25:53.589-07:00Eric, I said I'd introduce myself.
--- akaEric, I said I'd introduce myself. <br /><br />--- akaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-34450653316886564862016-04-22T15:20:19.020-07:002016-04-22T15:20:19.020-07:00AKA, I'd introduce myself at a meeting but I d...AKA, I'd introduce myself at a meeting but I don't know who you are. You can't ask people to come over and introduce themselves unless they have a name to place with the pseudonym. That's having your cake and eating it too. For all I know, you could be Larry Nyland. I think that's unlikely, but it's still possible. It's also very possible to be deeply involved in advocating and working for students without being on a task force or showing up for Board meetings. I did a lot of that over the years and do much less now because I see more value to the students in the places I put my time now. <br /><br />And for the record, my student not only opted out but distributed opt out forms around her high school. It will be interesting now that the SBAC is no long a no-consequence opt out. It'll also be interesting to see if the test schedule is less ham-handed. Last year's was just stupid, losing all LA or SS (I forget which) classes for two weeks just before AP/IB exam season. Eric Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-65890563309287730432016-04-22T14:48:23.256-07:002016-04-22T14:48:23.256-07:00That's All, are you the banjo player in this s...That's All, are you the banjo player in this scenario?<br /><br />Thanks, AS, I'm well aware of the group and I read tons of stuff on both sides of the issue. <br /><br />--- akaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com