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There is a petition for a community vote of No Confidence in Dr. Goodloe-Johnson. Examine the petition and sign if you agree.
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Anonymous said…
I will repost this from another thread:
I read in today's paper how Michael DeBell is "outraged". He has had plenty to be "outraged" about over the past two years. Really, what does it take to get these people to stop doing business as usual. The whole thing is very discouraging. I'd love to see a school board that gets outraged over test scores of children in our system who are of color or who have disabilities. And now they have to find a scapegoat. The whole board should go. Then again, who would want that job in the first place.
The speaker list is up for the Board meeting tomorrow; not as packed as I thought with just four people on the waitlist. The majority of the speakers are speaking on high school boundaries (with several wanting to talk about Ballard High). There are only three of us speaking about the Green Dot resolution asking the City to not grant the zoning departures that Green Dot has requested. It's me, long-time watchdog, Chris Jackins, and the head of the Washington State Charter Schools Association, Patrick D'Amelio. (I knew Mr. D'Amelio when he headed the Alliance for Education and Big Brothers and Big Sisters; he's a stand-up guy.)
Update: Following a scandal at Aki Kurose Middle School, apparently the district has pulled the principal, Caine Lowery who leaves Aki for a promotion to Central Office to support/train/guide principals. Hmm. I also note that former Rainier View Elementary principal Anitra Jones, who was removed from that school, still doesn't show up on the staff roster at Rainier Beach High School where it was stated she would be. Where is she? Who knows? end of update This is going to be a difficult post to write because it is sad to see what looks like a norm now at JSCEE. The norm I speak of is largely an occurrence with principals as well as JSCEE senior staff. I also know that this is not going to surprise most who works at JSCEE. The norm I'm referring to is the one where some personnel have personal connections within the district that sees them moving between jobs and even getting promoted based on those relationships. In short, nepotism. This district is risk-adverse wh...
Let's start with this disclosure: I agree with Director Geary. Here's what she said at the Board meeting on January 4, 2017 during a discussion of the CSIPs and, specifically, the description of advanced learning services in those CSIPs:
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I read in today's paper how Michael DeBell is "outraged". He has had plenty to be "outraged" about over the past two years. Really, what does it take to get these people to stop doing business as usual. The whole thing is very discouraging. I'd love to see a school board that gets outraged over test scores of children in our system who are of color or who have disabilities. And now they have to find a scapegoat. The whole board should go. Then again, who would want that job in the first place.
Discouraged parent