Petition to Reinstate Martin Floe
Sign this petition and pass along if you are so inclined.
Also, anyone who want to speak to this issue, call or e-mail the School Board office right at 8 am tomorrow morning. Call 252-0040 or e-mail boardagenda@seattleschools.org. You need to state a topic and I recommend stating that you will be speaking on the "high school science instructional materials" or "high school social studies instructional materials" and then relate how the high school alignment is probably a key issue to why Floe is being dismissed.
Also, anyone who want to speak to this issue, call or e-mail the School Board office right at 8 am tomorrow morning. Call 252-0040 or e-mail boardagenda@seattleschools.org. You need to state a topic and I recommend stating that you will be speaking on the "high school science instructional materials" or "high school social studies instructional materials" and then relate how the high school alignment is probably a key issue to why Floe is being dismissed.
Comments
Why would you lie about the reason you're requesting to speak?
People who are speaking on agenda topics are placed higher on the speakers' list than those off topic. Here's theBoard Agenda for the 5/18 meeting.
I guess I can see the necessity for Mr. Floe's supporters to tweak their testimony subject to make sure they get on the list (time is of the essence and this issue will probably never show up on a Board agenda), but it does annoy me a little - I signed up to talk about Science at the last meeting and was(rightly) pushed off the speakers' list by people addressing things that were on the agenda. I planned to try to give my spiel this week instead, but am not likely to get a spot if the IHS speakers all use that topic.
I do want to acknowledge that the IHS people very nicely let me give my five minute talk to Sherry Carr before they started on their topic at her Saturday meeting. I really appreciated that! (I didn't even try at Harium's meeting since he didn't seem to be making any attempt to track the time he allowed any one to present their issues and in fact talked on and on himself on tangential issues.)
so some people are going to be a little aggressive in an attempt to address incessant doublespeak - what are they supposed to do, nail themselves to a cross out front in noble sacrifice?
Can't Hold A Candle To MGJ
- IHS parent
It's not lying. Alignment of high school curriculum is one of Floe's direct responsibilities. Talking about what direction high schools are going in is absolutely part of alignment. Discussing a principal's ability to meet those goals is part of the discussion around alignment.
I was however, using "not really lying" in the sense in which I see "truth" doled out by district leadership. Which covers all sorts of tactics (distortion, omission, imagination, etc.) short of bald-faced lies.
Parent