tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post7964712674927365662..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Got Ballot?Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-29842854006319765852009-08-01T08:30:07.999-07:002009-08-01T08:30:07.999-07:00According to my interview with Kay, her kids gradu...According to my interview with Kay, her kids graduated from Garfield and attended Montlake. I don't know about middle schools.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-75709906428481449192009-07-31T17:29:56.551-07:002009-07-31T17:29:56.551-07:00If Kay Smith-Blum is so interested in public educa...If Kay Smith-Blum is so interested in public education, why did she send her kids to private schools? Why is/was she on the board for private schools? If her kids' school was so horrible, why couldn't she fix it enough to send her kid(s) there. Oh yeah, she only is really for the elite public schools... and if you can't get into one of those, you go private. "I was on the board of Montlake and it was great", doesn't say a lot. It shows a lack of understanding or interest in what goes on in most public schools... or with how to improve them. <br /><br />No getting a bunch of donations isn't going to do it for SPS. Those don't work. Look at Broad Foundation, look at Gates Foundation. They may (or may not) have poured money into the district but it doesn't really do what needs doing. We don't need more hairbrained private school schemes to "make our schools just like Lakeside." That isn't realistic. We really need broad based PUBLIC support, with PUBLIC funding... and then, accountability to prioritize and manage that support.readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02754095597231700863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-73776339605196554472009-07-31T15:07:45.491-07:002009-07-31T15:07:45.491-07:00The Video Voter's Guide is now available onlin...The <a href="http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=5550910" rel="nofollow">Video Voter's Guide</a> is now available online.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-31232466807604213022009-07-31T15:00:09.682-07:002009-07-31T15:00:09.682-07:00Yeah Edward you mentioned that before. I wasn'...Yeah Edward you mentioned that before. I wasn't there but listened to it latter (after your post) and only heard her suggest that things were not as bad as some parts of the country and that there was certainly areas for improvement. <br /><br />I actually thought Mary did a great job which really surprised me after watching her over the last few years at board meetings.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929369165349518751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-82560666040364384122009-07-31T14:26:42.728-07:002009-07-31T14:26:42.728-07:00I have to admit that Kay was the least impressive ...I have to admit that Kay was the least impressive in the two forums that I attended (Central and SE). She was especially disappointing on the matter of special education, appalling, really, to assert that really there's nothing terribly wrong and boiling the whole thing down to a matter of economic efficiency.<br /><br />I appreciate that she has gone out to talk things over with some principals, to learn what's going on, but she doesn't really know the constituencies in district 5 very well.readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375775967885300005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-80842426254450214642009-07-31T14:17:41.413-07:002009-07-31T14:17:41.413-07:00I support Kay because she does have a vision on ho...I support Kay because she does have a vision on how things could be better. Also, I believe she can pragmaticly move things forward for a better school district for everyone of SPS students.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929369165349518751noreply@blogger.com