Update 2: So I have seen a message from President Liza Rankin on why she, Director Evan Briggs, and Director Michelle Sarju backed out of this meeting. In a nutshell: - She says there was no organization to the meeting which is just not true. They had a moderator lined up and naturally the board members could have set parameters for what to discuss, length of meeting, etc. All that was fleshed out. - She also claimed that if the meeting was PTA sponsored, they needed to have liability insurance to use the school space. Hello? PTAs use school space all the time and know they have to have this insurance. - She seems to be worried about the Open Public Meetings law. Look, if she has a meeting in a school building on a non-personnel topic, it should be an open meeting. It appears that Rankin is trying, over and over, to narrow the window of access that parents have to Board members. She even says in her message - "...with decisions made in public." Hmmm - She also says that th
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The wake up call at 6:20am was pretty awful. I don't have any middle or HS kids, so I didn't even need the info.
tired
Jamie
I guess this means the meeting at Ingraham tonight is probably also kaput?
And you guys were dissing the autodialer. See how well it builds community? :-)
That was REALLY irritating.
"Monday, Nov. 22 - Middle and High Schools will Dismiss Early at 12:35 p.m.; All activities after 12:35 p.m. are CANCELLED
Since weather conditions are predicted to continue to change throughout the day and additional snow is expected, we have decided to end all Seattle Public Schools activities as of 12:35 p.m. today.
That means:
1. Middle school and high school students will be dismissed at 12:35 p.m. as announced early this morning.
2. No parent-teacher conferences will be held at elementary and K-8 schools after 12:35 p.m.
3. No after-school or evening activities.
4. Tonight's Student Assignment Transition Plan Northwest region meeting at Ingraham High School tonight has been canceled and will be rescheduled.
We will monitor conditions closely overnight and make a decision by 5:30 a.m. tomorrow morning about operations for Tuesday."
At first, I liked the idea of the robocalls, when they were just for closures or early dismissals that weren't scheduled ahead of time. But now they are using them 4-5 times a week.
Districts (like mayors, apparently) are screwed by snow around here. They are criticized whether they cancel or hold events in these conditions.