Following State Law and School Board Policy
From the Seattle Times of 21 October 2011:
Wonderful.
I bet we can think of some state laws and school board policies he can start following right away.
How about the state law on conditional teacher certification?
How about the board policy on program placement?
Others?
School Board President Steve Sundquist said he plans to talk with interim Superintendent Susan Enfield about enforcement of the pledge policy.All of a sudden, Director Sundquist believes that his job is to follow the state law and to follow the school board policy.
"The School Board's policy is clear. State law is clear. And our job is to follow the state law and to follow our policy, so I'm firmly in the camp that says we need to be doing this," Sundquist said.
Wonderful.
I bet we can think of some state laws and school board policies he can start following right away.
How about the state law on conditional teacher certification?
How about the board policy on program placement?
Others?
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Go Steve! Fortunately Steve
HasNoShame
Appeal and Dorn Recall
So if the Board wants to follow RCWs and WACs ... as well as save money on legal fees ... this one is a no brainer.
Give TFA the 6 months notice that the SPS is withdrawing from the November 2010 agreement.
The last year of TFA in Seattle needs to be 2011-2012.
The RCW states:
They shall cause appropriate flag exercises to be held in each classroom at the beginning of the school day,
It seems that Board President Sundquist has decided to follow this law as he sees it and he sees this as every school day.
The legislature inadequately funds a 180 day school year. It is really clear to me what beginning of the school day means and Sundquist is correct. If you think otherwise, testify at a school board meeting, and then if the school board fails to act commence legal action.
Given that RCW 28A.230.140
states: Students not reciting the pledge shall maintain a respectful silence.
I fail to see why anyone would pursue action to take issue with "at the beginning of the school day" meaning anything other than each school day. It certainly has a historical record as to meaning each school day.
What appalls me is when the directors & district leaders hear testimony at the board meetings from community members pointing this out, that they have the gall to go ahead that same evening and vote for something which is clearly against laws and policies. EVERY single board member is guilty of this on a regular basis.
Consider this in regard to
Liberty and justice for All ..... in the Seattle Public Schools.
Persistent consistent achievment gaps indicate something other than Liberty and Justice for all. The Seattle School Board has a record of failing to intelligently apply the relevant data in a way to reduce these achievment gaps.
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Until the public resist the actions of the 4 incumbent directors running for reelection by electing the challengers ... there will be little if any progress on the "Liberty and Justice for All" front. This front needs to be a major battle front .... Lip service is intolerable.
Is this part of the "carefully considered strategy" required by the WACs and RCWs for closing the achievement gap that is the rationale for the district's decision to bring in TFA?
WV says we should "verate" (verbally berate?) the Interim Superintendent for this bu!!$#!t.
Please have Steve explain his support for
RCW 28A 230.140 on the pledge
..... while rejecting the requirements of WAC 181-79A-231 in regard to requesting Conditional Certificates for Teach for America corps members.
remember around labor day weekend, when dukakis was up 15% or so in the polls from vice president george bush senior?
remember gwb sr. calling dukakis a card carrying liberal?
remember gwb sr. attacking dukakis by painting him as unpatriotic, and gwb sr. holding 'campaign' events which were nothing more than saying the pledge of allegiance in front of a bunch of flags? (it made great t.v. soundbites, for those too busy too pay attention to the t.v. wars.)
remember gwb sr.'s campaign guru was a guy named lee atewater, a guy who learned his craft from roger ailes - and did you know a guy named karl rove learned from atewater and ailes?
did you know ailes runs fox news? remember ailes running reagan's campaigns of 1980 & '84?
did you ever google "lee atewater and ____ger, ___ger, ___ger" and check out lee's insights on the using the race card?
while I doubt spin-a-second-steve is calling roger ailes or rove for advice (atwater is dead), coming to the defense of flag waving sure has a sordid past.
if seattle voters want to give honey instead of vinegar to spin-a-second-steve, seattle voters deserve this kind of despicable behavior.
remember ailes worked with nixon?
IAmNotACrook
Is this what Sundquist means when he says in his voter's pamphlet statement that he bases all his decisions on what's in "the best interests of the students"?
I've got a post on my blog about this overused cliche, and why it disqualifies Sundquist from this office. www.edu-truth.com