tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post6868922407238620933..comments2024-03-27T20:01:11.889-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: District to State: It's Not EnoughMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-10410970580799321122017-08-08T17:14:20.165-07:002017-08-08T17:14:20.165-07:00We werenever confident that Nyland was in the best...We werenever confident that Nyland was in the best interests of Seattle Schools and we were right.<br /><br />If his intensity in his first 39 years was anything like that of the last year here, no one was in any danger.<br /><br />Seattle got burned.K.S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-39903213139383047072017-08-08T17:08:03.011-07:002017-08-08T17:08:03.011-07:00MAGA,
Really? I could have sworn they were scream...MAGA,<br />Really? I could have sworn they were screaming, "I accepted a job here and, well, this is better than taking the Concorde I guess. Particularly since there Is no more Concorde." <br />-pragmatic xennial Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-16832474790729015762017-08-08T16:36:46.730-07:002017-08-08T16:36:46.730-07:00@ NW Mom
All the traffic on I5, I90, 520 and H99...@ NW Mom <br /><br />All the traffic on I5, I90, 520 and H99 says you are wrong. The skyrocketing suburban home prices also told me you're wrong. They all are screaming,<br /><br />Cars = Freedom and Freedom = America <br /><br />MAGA Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-40634902026679231322017-08-08T14:17:43.099-07:002017-08-08T14:17:43.099-07:00No, millenials don't like cars or commutes. I ...No, millenials don't like cars or commutes. I have several peers whose parents commuted two-hours-plus, each way, so their family could live in the suburbs or the better school district. The kids would have preferred to spend more time with their parents. Not to mention that it's apparently morally reprehensible to be a latchkey kid nowadays. Viable options shrink until the obvious answer is: live near your job. Minimize commute. The city is averse to family-sized apartments, so take what you can get. <br /><br />Everyone loves to talk about the young, 20-something single tech guys. It's all well and good to joke about them as socially inept and all, but they're getting married and starting families in droves. And they're not all fleeing once they do. <br />-pragmatic xennial Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-13858376724408293062017-08-08T13:40:58.095-07:002017-08-08T13:40:58.095-07:00CT and NW Mom, valid comments and exactly why I wa...CT and NW Mom, valid comments and exactly why I was surprised that Nyland seems to blow off the issue so easily. Even if it did turn out to be little direct money to schools, 1) every bit counts and 2) mitigation might come in the form of supports for more sidewalks.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-35180052968822508552017-08-08T13:36:54.516-07:002017-08-08T13:36:54.516-07:00I think the idea that as the young people moving t...I think the idea that as the young people moving to Seattle start marrying and having kids, that they will look for a big house with a yard and a commute to Seattle is an outdated idea. More and more families, for a variety of reasons*, will decide to stay in their two bedroom apartment in Ballard or Capital Hill and we will all look back at the time when we decided against developer impact fees to improve and grow our schools and say d'oh.<br /><br />*(1)Millennials, I am told, don't like cars or commutes. <br /> (2) Having an only child will be much more affordable in the increasingly expensive Seattle than having the assumed 2.5.<br /> (3) This already happens in many big cities in Europe.<br /> (4) Seattle still has some great open spaces near many apartment buildings.<br /> (5) Everything else in Seattle is changing. Why do we assume this will stay the same?<br /><br />-NW MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-25076076628506113242017-08-08T13:35:59.153-07:002017-08-08T13:35:59.153-07:00Re: impact fees
A lot of families are not living i...Re: impact fees<br />A lot of families are not living in "family-sized" apartments because they cannot afford them. Several clients live in 1 bedroom apartments with their families of 4-5. Kids all in one bedroom, parents have a hideaway or something in the main room. Packed in like sardines. <br /><br />CTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-31368006808641143052017-08-08T13:33:34.270-07:002017-08-08T13:33:34.270-07:00I was never confident that the McCleary lawsuit wa...I was never confident that the McCleary lawsuit was in the best interest of Seattle Public Schools. Perhaps I was correct.Watchingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-79581125438109156162017-08-08T12:45:12.765-07:002017-08-08T12:45:12.765-07:00My bad: I skipped a paragraph where I asked about ...My bad: I skipped a paragraph where I asked about impact fees. See the end of thread.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-73998217812811905832017-08-08T08:45:59.575-07:002017-08-08T08:45:59.575-07:00Mr. Morton is stating Nyland's words - I belie...Mr. Morton is stating Nyland's words - I believe - wrongly. Nyland did say that the plaintiffs had laid out possible solutions, including tax breaks. But he didn't say closing schools was the answer. He alluded to the pain of that happening should the Supreme Court decide to shut down the public ed system. I find that a misleading tweet. I see from a later tweet that he clarified that first tweet which was a good idea.<br /><br />Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-9048984078586234482017-08-08T07:21:14.711-07:002017-08-08T07:21:14.711-07:00Where do Bob Ferguson's kids go to school? I ...Where do Bob Ferguson's kids go to school? I am assuming he moved his family from Seattle to Olympia when he became attorney general.<br /><br />HPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-23079348456900754442017-08-07T22:57:18.916-07:002017-08-07T22:57:18.916-07:00Maybe Attorney General Ferguson wouldn't be so...Maybe Attorney General Ferguson wouldn't be so quick to declare victory for the Legislature if he sent his own kids to public school. Good enough for other people's children, I guess.<br /><br />EmileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-22829628916219413622017-08-07T22:31:20.437-07:002017-08-07T22:31:20.437-07:00Seattle is in the midst of incredible growth and N...Seattle is in the midst of incredible growth and Nyland suggests closing schools???WTH?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-83127046289214550372017-08-07T22:19:05.420-07:002017-08-07T22:19:05.420-07:00https://twitter.com/nealtmorton/status/89467079286...https://twitter.com/nealtmorton/status/894670792864088064<br /><br />Nyland suggests closing schools and ending tax breaks to fund McCleary.Watchingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-36869838677344276422017-08-07T20:45:46.219-07:002017-08-07T20:45:46.219-07:00Thanks unclear ... so PTA's will have to push ...Thanks unclear ... so PTA's will have to push harder (ugh!!?) or someone will have to finally step up and start a Seattle Public Schools Foundation, AND we have to collectively help flip the 45th so our legislators can fix this messed up legislation.<br /><br />Let's do-it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-27610598662736203072017-08-07T20:23:21.608-07:002017-08-07T20:23:21.608-07:00Thanks, Unclear; I put in a better link to the pre...Thanks, Unclear; I put in a better link to the presentation docs.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-13252930928643928982017-08-07T18:52:55.071-07:002017-08-07T18:52:55.071-07:00Trying to make sure I understand the numbers, alth...Trying to make sure I understand the numbers, although I can't access the presentation... So in '20/'21, the average funding per student will be $92/student less than now? And this is because we'll lose $900 per student in levy funding, but the state will presumably be providing an extra $808 per student at that point (to make the math work out)?<br /><br />unclear Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com