tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post7783103008170455456..comments2024-03-18T16:51:10.406-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Newest School Board CandidatesMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-6750044523988243892017-06-11T09:17:27.834-07:002017-06-11T09:17:27.834-07:00I am one of the people who filed. I do believe I h...I am one of the people who filed. I do believe I have the aptitude and experience to serve well. Would love to grab coffee to hear your concerns. Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316604983872072458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-82276319338763336022017-05-23T18:41:15.247-07:002017-05-23T18:41:15.247-07:00@ Joe Wolf, then why the need for a downtown schoo...@ Joe Wolf, then why the need for a downtown school? Isn't it downtown residents who are calling for one? <br /><br />Maybe we also need commercial linkage fees. Knowing the capacity challenges the district is facing, the city should have included school funding in these, not just affordable housing. And the district should have been lobbying the city, hard. <br /><br />https://www.theurbanist.org/2015/11/10/toward-affordable-housing-seattle-adopts-a-commercial-linkage-fee/<br /><br />morepeople moreschoolsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-16997674894488488822017-05-20T20:35:36.386-07:002017-05-20T20:35:36.386-07:00Reply to JG re. developer fees.
One of the detail...Reply to JG re. developer fees.<br /><br />One of the details that limits fee collection in the city of Seattle: In general the fee can only be collected on new housing expected to generate significant numbers of school-age children. Contrary to some of the current popular wisdom, few kids are generated by market-rate apartments and almost none from condominiums. <br /><br />Over 90% of new housing units in Seattle are either apartments or condos.<br /><br />The growth in SPS enrollment is coming mostly from turnover of already-built SF homes, and the rest from the small number of new SF homes being built.Joe Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747791661117554332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-8523626011980144512017-05-19T16:50:36.188-07:002017-05-19T16:50:36.188-07:00Ragweed-- "Their are a number of state restri...Ragweed-- "Their are a number of state restrictions that cap developer fees and restrict the time of their use. While they are a good thing to fight for, they would not bring in that much money, and the time constraints make it more suitable to fund portables rather than buildings."<br /><br />Then why was the not the case for Mercer Island as well? They used the funds to build new schools etc. <br />-JG<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-71600800942983678472017-05-19T12:58:34.734-07:002017-05-19T12:58:34.734-07:00Impact fees AND a combination of low, middle and h...Impact fees AND a combination of low, middle and high income housing surrounding top performing schools. As I watch pod style condos and $1.2 M+ town homes go up around the U District and Bryant, I cringe thinking about the lost opportunity to create space for families other than the wealthy. There is a huge disconnect here; it appears the plan in the University and Roosevelt area is to concentrate low income families at Magnusson or drive them out of the area.<br /><br />DMCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-9107168116138757202017-05-19T12:56:53.041-07:002017-05-19T12:56:53.041-07:00This was raised at the 43RD District Den. ed caucu...This was raised at the 43RD District Den. ed caucus a little while back. Their are a number of state restrictions that cap developer fees and restrict the time of their use. While they are a good thing to fight for, they would not bring in that much money, and the time constraints make it more suitable to fund portables rather than buildings.Ragweedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491896585801927302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-12813365187513076092017-05-19T12:45:57.991-07:002017-05-19T12:45:57.991-07:00"We need to demand developer impact fees to p..."We need to demand developer impact fees to pay for school construction caused by growing by 1,000 students a year. Ask all Mayoral and City Council Candidates to impose impact fees and dedicate them to helping our schools to lower class sizes."<br /><br />Yes agree with Sarajane's statements. Mercer Island's city council and mayor imposed developer impact fees and have used the fee's toward building new schools etc. City of Seattle apparently studied implementing impact fees to pay for the impact of our population growth on schools etc a few years ago according to what I found online....but?<br />-JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-32921181195958781372017-05-19T12:02:36.969-07:002017-05-19T12:02:36.969-07:00Here is list as of noon today:
Seattle School Dis...Here is list as of noon today:<br /><br />Seattle School District 1, Director District 4<br />Eden Mack<br />Sean Champagne<br />Herbert J. Camet, Jr.<br />Jeff Jones<br />Megan Locatelli Hyska<br />Jennifer Crow<br />Darrell Toland<br /><br /><br />Seattle School District 1, Director District 5<br />Zachary DeWolf Pullin<br />Alec Cooper<br />Omar Vasquez<br />Andre Helmstetter<br /><br /><br />Seattle School District 1, Director District 7<br />Betty Patu<br /><br />https://info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/Vote/contests/who-has-filed.aspx<br /><br />updateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-1382373011711781912017-05-19T10:48:01.847-07:002017-05-19T10:48:01.847-07:00President Peters has indeed set a high bar. President Peters has indeed set a high bar. Watchingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-49942743481249381862017-05-19T09:29:56.518-07:002017-05-19T09:29:56.518-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-26810021005499442162017-05-19T09:08:30.051-07:002017-05-19T09:08:30.051-07:00^^ What Hillary said. I'm all in for Eden Mack...^^ What Hillary said. I'm all in for Eden Mack.<br /><br />Melissa Taylor<br />Parent to a 2nd grader<br />Volunteer, Washington's Paramount DutyMelissa Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-25085044370479178822017-05-19T07:51:31.621-07:002017-05-19T07:51:31.621-07:00Director Sue Peters has set a high bar, and there ...Director Sue Peters has set a high bar, and there is - hands down - no one more qualified in all of Seattle to fill her seat than Eden Mack.<br /><br />I have worked with Eden Mack for 3+ years in various capacities and am infinitely impressed by her strategic problem-solving skills, her tireless advocacy for all children of Seattle, her unending quest to understand and improve complex systems, her team- and relationship- building capabilities, and her through knowledge of all things SPS.<br /><br />I endorse Eden Mack wholeheartedly, without reservation.<br /><br />Hillary Shaw<br /><br />Co-founder, Fairmount Park Elementary PTA<br />Past President (max term), Fairmount Park Elementary PTA<br />Co-author, Washington State PTA Top Five legislative platform issue, "Amply Fund Basic Education."Hillary Shawhttp://www.hillaryshaw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-35469061261527431122017-05-18T22:55:47.608-07:002017-05-18T22:55:47.608-07:00Interesting Chunga. I tried to find the company a...Interesting Chunga. I tried to find the company and couldn't. Thanks.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-66050221761784630122017-05-18T22:47:52.192-07:002017-05-18T22:47:52.192-07:00While I hesitate to make any claims based on limit...While I hesitate to make any claims based on limited early info on the candidates, it seems pretty clear from the limited info we have that there's only one serious candidate for Sue's position: Eden Mack. <br /><br />A couple of the others look well meaning and perhaps are even progressive, but don't show any evidence of knowing education issues generally or SPS issues specifically. <br /><br />Interesting tidbit on Herbert J. Camet, Jr. Based on his linkedin profile, it appears he works at http://taischools.com/index.html, which appears to be a for-profit education company that's heavy on the marketing, though their website is pretty half-baked with missing content and generally shoddily done. Looks pretty suspect.chungahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106667474153634408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-47937434917307835522017-05-18T22:34:53.998-07:002017-05-18T22:34:53.998-07:00I was so excited to hear that Eden Mack is running...I was so excited to hear that Eden Mack is running. I can't imagine a better qualified candidate. <br /><br />I have known Eden since she started working on the sustainability and capacity issues regarding the development of the Licton Springs (nee Wilson Pacific) campus. She has been a tireless advocate for our children, with a particular eye towards improving equity and sustainable policies. Eden has the technical background to understand how the district can make difficult decisions, and the district knowledge to consider many sides of the issues. I think Eden may have a better grasp on capacity and population issues than anyone else in the city...<br /><br />Yeah, in short, I see that there are a number of interesting candidates running in the 4th district. I hope that means we'll see some productive conversations. But I think it would be follow to lose the opportunity to have Eden working on the board.muhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07841682595015012741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-68839986636057866142017-05-18T21:56:40.054-07:002017-05-18T21:56:40.054-07:00EDEN MACK, please. Pretty much everything that hap...EDEN MACK, please. Pretty much everything that happens north of the Ship Canal is driven by school capacity crisis and Eden has been working in those trenches for three years - maybe longer. She gets it. She reached out to a bunch of people with expertise and spent a long time learning, and somehow, God knows how, has managed not to burn out - unlike most or all of the rest of the watchdogs on capacity. <br /><br />She's the type of person who will actually go out to see the schools that are the subject of something. I have confidence that she will show up for schools, given how much she shows up in Olympia for ALL the students in the whole darn state. <br /><br />I've commented here for years - Eden Mack has my vote.<br /><br />-- Math Counts<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-22169666467472756882017-05-18T21:05:13.355-07:002017-05-18T21:05:13.355-07:00October 2016, the district wanted to change the co...October 2016, the district wanted to change the configuration of every classroom within Loyal Heights Elementary. Every classroom. In October, teachers would be made to teach split grades.<br /><br />President Peters supported the notion of mitigation funds. Millions of dollars were to be set aside to prevent classroom disruption in October. Thank you.<br /><br />Ballard Residentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-72712142160876101022017-05-18T20:39:04.554-07:002017-05-18T20:39:04.554-07:00Phew! Not ready for Wayne.
Broken SystemPhew! Not ready for Wayne.<br /><br />Broken SystemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-49964072331934313022017-05-18T20:36:46.693-07:002017-05-18T20:36:46.693-07:00I see that Betty Patu has indeed filed. Woohoo!I see that Betty Patu has indeed filed. Woohoo!Robert Cruickshankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906581839066570472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-50530722162236535202017-05-18T20:22:54.794-07:002017-05-18T20:22:54.794-07:00If nobody with appropriate qualifications runs, th...If nobody with appropriate qualifications runs, the case is even stronger for some appointed and paid board members. Please people...for the sake of our kids...run! Eden is the only one that appears to understand the District, the issues, the needs, and the history. I would love to see a retired teacher run or someone with experience as a counselor. The position is very time consuming and the pay isn't there, so we set ourselves up to fail.<br /><br />Broken SystemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-58620840358334035222017-05-18T18:48:12.634-07:002017-05-18T18:48:12.634-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-17411946388125646482017-05-18T17:47:44.181-07:002017-05-18T17:47:44.181-07:00Director Patu has always been one to file at the l...Director Patu has always been one to file at the last minute. But I really have no idea what happens if no one does file in a race. Do they have a special election to try again? The Board picks? Anyone?Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-79238528662669676752017-05-18T17:13:12.013-07:002017-05-18T17:13:12.013-07:00Sorry more like, 75% of the people in your distric...Sorry more like, 75% of the people in your district won't know you exist. You could be right about the remaining 25% being divided up like you wrote.<br /><br />JDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-73894777399340510802017-05-18T16:58:42.532-07:002017-05-18T16:58:42.532-07:00"...begin investing in modalities..." do..."...begin investing in modalities..." doesn't inspire confidence in anyone.<br /><br />And PS to anyone who is running who reads this: The school board is not a springboard to higher office. After a term on the board, a quarter of the people in the district will hate you. A quarter (if you're lucky) will like you, and half won't remember your name but will blame you for everything bad that happened to your student. Eric Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-35599722187117357152017-05-18T16:13:48.009-07:002017-05-18T16:13:48.009-07:00JHC, positions, yes. But people are venturing off ...JHC, positions, yes. But people are venturing off into the running of the district so no to that.<br /><br />Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.com