The Stranger Endorses BUETOW; Rescinds Endorsement of Martin-Morris
I can't reprint all of what The Stranger says (this is a respectable joint) but basically, they say they got it wrong.
It seems that they cannot take Martin-Morris' leadership on rewriting the policies around student newspapers. (Not surprising from a newspaper.) From The Slog:
He insists that the district currently doesn’t have rules prohibiting students from libel and defamation—but he’s wrong. The district already has rules in place, rules that place less ambiguous restrictions on student speech. We don’t buy his argument that we need new rules that suppress student speech, particularly from someone who doesn’t even know what the existing rules are.
I'm thinking they may have been on the fence all along, went for Martin-Morris and then remembered why they liked Buetow in the first place. They crossed out his name on their cheat sheet and put hers in red letters.
Kudos to The Stranger (and folks, no matter how you feel, give credit to a media outlet for saying they believe they were wrong).
It seems that they cannot take Martin-Morris' leadership on rewriting the policies around student newspapers. (Not surprising from a newspaper.) From The Slog:
He insists that the district currently doesn’t have rules prohibiting students from libel and defamation—but he’s wrong. The district already has rules in place, rules that place less ambiguous restrictions on student speech. We don’t buy his argument that we need new rules that suppress student speech, particularly from someone who doesn’t even know what the existing rules are.
I'm thinking they may have been on the fence all along, went for Martin-Morris and then remembered why they liked Buetow in the first place. They crossed out his name on their cheat sheet and put hers in red letters.
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At least the Stranger is no longer ignorant. See, ANYONE can learn.
Mr. Ed
Dan, are you out there? That explains a lot, doesn't it? Can't wait for you to jump all over that one!
Cheers!
WV: Victory is "surtin"!
confused
WV: cathroon...uh, I got nothin'
Murky Water
no longer confused
WV: alize
"School District, board agree to withdraw proposed policy governing student freedom of expression"
From KUOW Newsroom: Seattle School District reverses course on student speech restriction. The district will keep its current policy: freedom of the press. Details this afternoon on KUOW 94.9 FM.
-go team free speech
1. That we have people in a position to write policies who are so weak (in terms of understanding federal and state laws on freedom of the press, public values supporting freedom of the press, and the welfare of students in terms of having a voice).
2. That we have a District and a board that would get this far on stuff like this with absolutely ZERO public input (really, District -- all that stuff about community engagement that you so routinely ignore -- a LITTLE bit of that would have prevented all this); and
3. that we have a board member (HMM) who chairs the committee overseeing this who is as clueless as HMM. The GOOD news is that the election is tomorrow, and maybe a few folks haven't voted yet.
The District even working in the dark with blind moles for scribes should not have come out with such a flawed proposal. BUT they should also have had/asked for community engagement at an earlier stage. If they had, someone could have clued in the "clueless" before this ever hit HMM's rubber stamp.
We pay for the schools, but the Board and Management act like they own them.
Newsflash! The district is still our sandbox. Buckets & shovels too.
WSDWG
You said "If they had, someone could have clued in the "clueless" before this ever hit HMM's rubber stamp."
WSDWG said "We pay for the schools, but the Board and Management act like they own them. "
Public testimony and the "clueless" stamp are hardly an indication that the rubber-stamping would not occur.
Check out the number of times that Carol Simmons and I wrote or testified to the Board to the Board that WAC 181-79A-231 requires a careful review of all options for closing the achievement gaps .... BEFORE making a judgement that conditions warrant using "Conditional Certificates" for TFA corps members to close achievement gaps. .... Public testimony 5 times and at least two letters.
Number of Directors that voted against Authorizing the Superintendent to request "Conditional Certificates" to close the achievement gaps = ONE Betty Patu.
Nope these folks were unable to admit they had been repeatedly wrong on this subject since at least November of 2010 .... just no stopping these folks from doing serious wrong..... and continuing to do serious wrong. So Joy Anderson filed a $230 appeal but the real solution is tossing 4 of these Directors out of Elected Office and having the Board simply give TFA notification that the contract will be terminated at the end of this school year.
In about 24 hours we should know whether or not "The Clueless Stamp" could be applied to Seattle's Voters.
At least the Stranger is no longer ignorant. See, ANYONE can learn.
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I am not convinced that "Anyone can learn".
Do not leap from the Stranger to the School Board.... I find little evidence of learning for the Board as a body over the last four years.
Shouldn't this require an amendment to the motion approved by a vote of the Board?