Via the SPS webpage: The public is invited to attend or stream this forum for candidates for appointment to the District 2 and 4 School Board Director seats. All finalists will have the opportunity to share why they are interested in serving on the Seattle School Board and answer questions selected by the Board and Student Members. More information about the appointment process, including a timeline and candidate webpages, can be found on the appointment process web page . SPSTV Streaming: The meeting will be live streamed on SPSTV and broadcast on television on Comcast 26 (standard-def) and 319 (hi-def), Wave 26 (standard-def) and 695 (hi-def), and Century Link 8008 (standard-def) and 8508 (hi-def). The agenda reflects the above wording - the meeting will be two-and-a-half hours. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 27th at the Performing Arts Center at Lincoln High School, 4400 Interlake Avenue North from 6-8:30 pm. The Board's schedule reflects announcing
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I did like the line "“Here, there’s no drama,” while they are describing a stabbing.
S has something to say on this too: “We’re here because we need more help, good support systems. Maybe the school we went to wasn’t the best for us … We’re not here because we’re bad kids and we need help. We’re here because we want help.”
Another: “We want a second chance. Everybody’s here mostly for the same reason - this school’s here because (regular) high school didn’t work out.”
k-8 Where are the effective interventions? Little wonder HS does not work out for many students.
SPS practices produce an over abundance of kids needing options that Team MGJ fails to provide.
Consider the following from Hattie's "Visible Learning" effect sizes:
Average of effects with Teacher
as Activator 0.60
Average with Teacher
as Facilitator 0.17
Perhaps more teaching of content and less Discovering is in order.
I attended a reentry school in the Lake Washington school district,in the mid 70's. It was a shame that I had to be kicked out of my assigned high school to attend, but now LWSD has several alternative options.
In Seattle of course alt schools are hanging on by the skin of their teeth .