Updates: from The Seattle Times , it appears that Franklin High School was also closed yesterday due to COVID and staffing issues. As well, Also on Monday, Lake Washington High School in Kirkland shifted back to remote learning temporarily, according to a statement on the school’s website . The shift was due to COVID-related staffing shortages, other illnesses, and absences. On Monday and Tuesday, Lake Washington students will be learning independently from home (asynchronous learning) while staff plan to make the switch to live online learning with a teacher (synchronous learning). On Jan. 19, students will return to in-person learning. Last week, state schools superintendent Chris Reykdal warned that some local school districts may need to close temporarily over the next three to four weeks. While state-mandated preventive measures make schools among the safer public spaces, a lack of staff may force a district or individual school building to shut down, he said. And here's the
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I realize this is just a stunt, but it's a pretty annoying one when the state education system has so many serious issues right now.
one child, (her own) about
Discovery Math and entered the
child's opinion into the court
record to give the impression the
"Director" performed due diligence.
If the child of the "Director" is
able to influence a district wide
decision I applaud the notion
that students should vote for
their school board representative.
Hope they're not spending a lot of time on this when there are really huge issues (like budget!) to deal with.
There will always be 'budget issues' to distract us from civic rights: Real democratic Representation IS what these young citizens deserve, and when their parents/elected leaders/school boards neglect to represent them with fairness and responsibility, they SHOULD petition the government with grievances (and potential solutions).
Take the 'school board election' focus out of the argument, and this could be a stirring child-advocacy & solid voter rights issue with broader scope effect and appeal.