October 1 Enrollment numbers
These numbers will be adjusted, but here is the current count.
Data of note:
Enrollment at Cleveland: Head count of 696, FTE of 674 (244 freshmen)
Enrollment at Rainier Beach: Head count of 500, FTE of 441 (117 freshmen)
Enrollment at The Center School: Head count of 290, FTE of 284 (101 freshmen)
Enrollment at Aki Kurose: 561
Enrollment at Thurgood Marshall: 455
Enrollment at Lowell: 463
Enrollment at Jane Addams: 345
Enrollment at AS#1: 189
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Data of note:
Enrollment at Cleveland: Head count of 696, FTE of 674 (244 freshmen)
Enrollment at Rainier Beach: Head count of 500, FTE of 441 (117 freshmen)
Enrollment at The Center School: Head count of 290, FTE of 284 (101 freshmen)
Enrollment at Aki Kurose: 561
Enrollment at Thurgood Marshall: 455
Enrollment at Lowell: 463
Enrollment at Jane Addams: 345
Enrollment at AS#1: 189
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Comments
I am especially interested in finding out what the total number of seats will for Sealth when they move into their remodeled building next fall. Will the total number of seats increase?
School was targeted for 75 students per grade, they are trying to fill seats with freshmen but have not succeeded in holding on to students.
I actually think this is why the Eckstein waitlist didn't move this year (historically they are able to clear between 20-50 students each year). I wonder if staff told Eckstein not to move their list because they were worried that the JA middle school might collapse.
With that in mind, the school still has high SAT scores and most students go onto 4-year colleges.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/news/2928729/Schools-go-too-far-in-bid-for-extra-cash
one of the pitfalls of underfunding of education...
so the rich parents can pay for enrichment for their kids
and the poor parents and their kids miss out
wonder where I've heard/seen that before????
Jane Adams seems to have dropped about since my last look. Also, I am surprised that Lowell and TM have similar enrollments. I thought there was a disparity there earlier on. Is there any data on the APP vs general cohort numbers?
Hi Shannon - I've heard the breakdown is something like this:
Lowell
APP 300
ALO 110
SPED 40
Thurgood M
APP 220
ALO 200
not sure about SPED or ELL
These are not precise, but what's generally true is that the Lowell APP cohort is significantly bigger than the TM APP cohort (despite the District's claim that the two schools would be equal).
Also, APP is a significantly larger cohort than ALO at Lowell, but about the same size as ALO at TM.
Lastly, Lowell principal Gregory King recently said that Lowell's total enrollment is 440 (which is lower than what the District is saying).
(I'll post more precise updated numbers as I come across them.)
Yippee!
/sarcasm
Well the good news is that with the new SAP, all of the kids who would have been assigned to Cleveland will now be at Rainier Beach.
Yippee!
/sarcasm
I can't tell if she is ripping Cleveland or Rainier Beach or Cleveland AND Rainier Beach or not ripping anyone.
However, my offer to everyone still stands. I am in room 266. I teach periods 2 - 5, which is basically 9 till 1:30. Please stop by anytime. Just check in with the front office and come on by. I would be honored to have any of you in my classroom.
Michael you say you teach periods 2-5 and are done at 1:30PM. Does this mean you have a free period or two for planning time? I'm curious because I heard teachers don't have planning periods anymore.
I have two planning periods this semester. This is because of the SE Initiative. Next semester, I am pretty positive I will be back to one planning periods.
I can only speak for RB, but every teacher has a planning period.
One thing I have learned from following this blog this past year is how much I didn't know about all the schools in the District.
Hearing from passionate teachers and involved parents affiliated with our many different schools and learning what they all have to offer despite the chronic underfunding of public education and bad management decisions at the top has been both humbling and inspiring.
It also has made me realize that by and large Seattle's Public Schools have many strengths and valuable offerings worth supporting and preserving.
Keep up the good work.
I asked because I was curious about Nathan Hale.
If every HS teacher has a planning period (or two), then why does Hale have a 1.5 hour late start every Tuesday? Why do they need "more" planning/collaboration time than other schools?
Thank you Michael.
I asked because I was curious about Nathan Hale.
If every HS teacher has a planning period (or two), then why does Hale have a 1.5 hour late start every Tuesday? Why do they need "more" planning/collaboration time than other schools?
Well, we have 16 two hour early dismissals over the course fo the year for professional development. 5 of those are district wide and the other 11 are from us. I have to say that I hate these. It takes away instructional time. I don't really have time to teach anything on those days, so I call it a work day, so the students can do their assignments or ask me specific questions on probelms they are stuck on. I would love to see all of these days go away
It's written into the teacher's SEA contract that all teachers at the HS level get one planning period each day. In a traditional 6 period schedule that's between 50 to 55 minutes, depending on which school you attend.
With blocked periods the teachers usually get one longer blocked session (ie a double period like Garfield has), but usually have no planning period on another day to balance out.
So, to answer your question (in other posts also)- yes, schools with site-based professional development have lots more extra planning time than schools with no site-based PD (but as Michael Rice points out, the kids get less time for instruction overall, and shortened classes on those days as well- a double whammy).
This applies for middle schools as well- there are some that have very high # of site-based PD early dismissals. Madison wins the prize, with 14 (plus the 5 district's), almost one every other week. The majority of other middle schools have none. This is always blamed on site-based management by the district, but the district does nothing to set a minimum standard that all schools must follow, which is within their right to set.
This business of site-based management as well as earned autonomy needs to be fleshed out to parents. Even if we don't get any part of the decisions, we need to know what can or cannot be a site-based decision.