This may only be a partial list of reasons; please, add anything else in the comments. The deadline to file to run for the Board is May 19th. Entire Board Majority NOT vetting the Superintendent in any way, shape or form. Even the Seattle Times thought that was wrong. It was just absolute hubris and it was wrong. For the second time in just over a year , board members voted to negotiate a superintendent contract during a special meeting with no opportunity for public comment. This time, they showed an even deeper disregard for their responsibilities as public servants: Aborting a national search for a new superintendent and denying Interim Superintendent Brent Jones a chance to show students, parents and taxpayers that, indeed, he is the best person for the job. Government bodies can’t fast-forward through transparent processes just because they think they know the right answer. One other odd thing about the hiring of Brent Jones - most permanent SPS superintendent contracts ar
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I'm not sure why a school would need to ban them.
The post made me laugh a little though. Somehow, I find the thought of "urgent" and "silly bandz" together in the same sentence kind of funny!
SLP
WV says "maluries" Silly Bandz are bad lures!
She thinks they are very stupid - but accepted it as I believe it is a "social thing" right now.
No ban that I know of at the middle school level.
1st grade mom who couldn't get my Google log-in to work
Yes, the problem is that they play and fuss with them (sometimes they snap off and fly across the room). They also trade them, and any of that kind of trading in school always has potential for problems. Anyone else remember the "Economics of Recess" episode of Recess (Monster Stickers become currency for trading).
The next new thing is formal wear.