Additional SAP Meetings Set

I received an advisory notice today about more SAP meetings. There are now:
  • 9 feedback meetings
  • 2 informational meetings
  • 2 Board Work Sessions
  • 1 public hearing
  • 2 Board meetings (one to introduce the boundary maps and another to vote on it).
Here's a link to all the meetings so mark your calendars. I think they may have heard from parents in the north end who said, "Where's a north end meeting besides the one at Ballard?" (I hadn't seen before how they were all in the south end.) There are now feedback meetings at Eckstein (NE), Ballard (NW), Denny (SW) and Washington (Central). There are two community information meetings, one in the north and one in the south.

Unfortunately, the district just sent out in the mail a list of meetings but it was the old list. Sigh.

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Laura said…
I have never gotten two questions answered:
How will dual program schools be handled (eg: Bagley's montessori and contemporary programs)? Will there be random assignments to either program? Do attendance area families get to state a preference?

Also, will all elementary schools be offering a free 1/2 day kindergarten option? Or, will families be forced to "pay for K"? Currently, not all schools that have "pay for K" offer a free 1/2 day option. Tuition runs around $1,900 year, with only FRL families not paying.

My e-mails to Tracy Libros have gone unanswered, so if anyone has information, I'd love to hear it.
9/26/09, 1:16 PM
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