Seattle Schools The Week of October 24-29, 2011
Monday, October 24th
Wednesday, October 26th
Director Sundquist Community meeting from 11 am - 12:30 p.m. Delridge Library, 5423 Delridge Way SW
Oversight Work Session: Finance from 5:30-7:00 p.m. This is some sort of update on organization for financial oversight. It's one big overview but to what end I'm not sure. (They also need better proofreading for these PowerPoints.)
Work Session: Budget Goals from 7:15-8:15 p.m.
Saturday, October 29th
Director Patu Community Meeting from 10 am to noon at Tully's, 4400 Rainier Ave South
Other meetings of interest this week:
Wednesday, October 26th
Metropolitan Democratic Club of Seattle, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Plaza 600 bldg, 600 Stewart St., Suite 205) a public education panel discussion about teachers. Panelists: Olga Addae, Jonathan Knapp, Sue Peters and Melissa Westbrook.
Discussion of cluster grouping model for Spectrum by Dr. Dina Brulles. This event has been moved to Nathan Hale High School Commons to accommodate more people. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. This event is sponsored by Wedgwood Elementary.
Curriculum & Instruction Policy Committee Mtg, 4-6 p.m.
The agenda includes: review of Alternative Learning schools, some sort of resolution for Cleveland to have a 150-hour requirement, graduation requirements, and Board policies "C" (curriculum and instruction) and "D" (students which includes placement, records, rights, discipline, etc.).Wednesday, October 26th
Director Sundquist Community meeting from 11 am - 12:30 p.m. Delridge Library, 5423 Delridge Way SW
Oversight Work Session: Finance from 5:30-7:00 p.m. This is some sort of update on organization for financial oversight. It's one big overview but to what end I'm not sure. (They also need better proofreading for these PowerPoints.)
Work Session: Budget Goals from 7:15-8:15 p.m.
Saturday, October 29th
Director Patu Community Meeting from 10 am to noon at Tully's, 4400 Rainier Ave South
Other meetings of interest this week:
Wednesday, October 26th
Metropolitan Democratic Club of Seattle, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Plaza 600 bldg, 600 Stewart St., Suite 205) a public education panel discussion about teachers. Panelists: Olga Addae, Jonathan Knapp, Sue Peters and Melissa Westbrook.
Discussion of cluster grouping model for Spectrum by Dr. Dina Brulles. This event has been moved to Nathan Hale High School Commons to accommodate more people. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. This event is sponsored by Wedgwood Elementary.
Comments
It allows ten minutes for the review of the ALE schools.
It allows fifteen minutes for the annual approval of schools.
There's just five minutes for discussion of stepping Cleveland up to 150 hours of planned instruction per class.
There's just twenty minutes to discuss graduation requirements.
There's just forty minutes to discuss all of the policies in sections C and D.
They are going to have to either talk really fast - which ain't gonna happen - or they will have to make only general remarks about each of these.
wondering
State Auditor's Oct 24 report on MLK school sale is HERE=>
http://www.sao.wa.gov/auditreports/auditreportfiles/ar1006619.pdf
In April 2010, the Legislature appropriated $1.5 million for acquisition of the school property in addition to the $1 million appropriated in the 2008 state capital budget. The total set aside for the purchase was now $2.5 million.
District concerns about a new Request for Proposal (RFP)
Starting on April 16, 2010, the Property Manager expressed his concerns about the proposed legislative intent language, the lack of any statement of support from the Legislature on the reopening of the RFP, concerns about allowing a late bidder into the process, and concerns that the District was expected to proceed with a new RFP without legislators acknowledging they had requested this action.
Quite a tale to read about how despite a big tax dollar shortfall facing the state in 2010.... legislators were willing to throw more money into the buy the Seattle School pot. -- UGH!!!
This needs a thread.
confused
We got dinged in the recent audit about reporting ALE numbers properly, I think for HRC. Additionally, the state has changed the funding so that ALE students do not get fully funded (well, given that the state doesn't fully fund high schools, you know what I mean) which is probably why CHS wants/needs to change their schedule in order to avoid ALE status.
I wouldn't be surprised that it was way too cumbersome for Cleveland to follow, along with all of the STEM requirements.
Aditionally, Dorothy is correct that all ALE's will be funded 15% less per FTE for this year so that cuts into the bone as well. I haven't seen any mention of this in the district's budget plans, with Cleveland once again drawing down funds from all other schools in the district.
If the district wants to remove the ALE status for Cleveland, then they need to change their bell schedule (currently 4 periods per semester ie 8 credits per year) because it will take witch's magic to make that schedule produce 150 hours per credit!
- 2nelem
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Here is the Alternative Learning Experiences (ALE) main page;
here is the Program Guidance for ALE page; and
here is the Written student learning plan
Note, interestingly, that the Program Guidance and WSLP pages are under a web address that reads "digital learning...ALE support..." It appears that the state, which fully embraces digital learning, has put ALL ALE, at least niminally, under that umbrella.
Consider this in relation to the previous thread on Silicon Valley leaders sending their kids to technology-free schools...
C-SIP news- the district says they have reviewed all of the updated C-SIPS from all of the schools and they are all now online. It looks like none of Cleveland's goals were met last year, and yet they now want a waiver to continue with the lowered instructional hours?
All the C & D Board policies are moving forward to introduction, except for 2190 (ex-D.12.00) Advanced learning (postponed until "phase 2"), plus many changes including: brand new 2340SP (Religion & Religious Accommodation), an all new policy & prodedures 3510 & 3530 (ASB and student fundraising), and a new huge 20 page superindendent procedure 3231SP Student Records....among other changes...all for intro at the next Board meeting.
Yes, they are even there for Viewlands and Rainier View. That's the good news.
The CSIPs still do not make any mention of the advanced learning programs at most schools.
The CSIP for Cleveland STEM says that it is an ALE. It's part of their Vision.