Heads Up
This was in Publicola today (bold mine):
More names are circulating as contenders for two open seats in the state house: The 36th District position 2 seat, currently occupied by Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, and the 46th District position 2 seat, held by Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney. Both Dickerson and Gutierrez Kenney announced earlier this year that they plan to retire at the end of their current terms.
In the 36th, which covers parts of Ballard, Queen Anne, Magnolia, Phinney Ridge, Fremont, and Belltown, several folks are rumored to be considering a run. They include John Burbank, head of the progressive Economic Opportunity Institute (and father of the infamous “latte tax”); Progressive Majority’s Washington State director, Noel Frame; Seattle School Board member Michael DeBell; Brett Phillips, son of King County Council member Larry Phillips and the director of sustainability at Unico Properties; and Jeff Manson, chair of the 36th District Democrats.
It is unclear to me when their terms expire (somebody?) but if DeBell runs, he would have to decide soon. If he wants to stay on the Board, his next election is Nov. 2013.
DeBell is the longest serving member on the current Board.
Also, I was perusing the Agenda for the Audit & Finance committee meeting tomorrow - it will be covering Finance - and saw this item:
Sustainability of Int’l Education Financing 10 min
It comes at the end of the meeting so it may get bumped but I saw that and went, "Hmmm". I have heard rumors that the district is a little more interested in STEM and money only goes so far. STEM and foreign language immersion are both fairly expensive programs. I suspect that once the second elementary is named as a feeder school for the program in the SW, we won't see any new foreign language immersion programs for awhile.
In the Good News category:
Nine high school students from SPS (Sealth, Garfield and Ingraham) have been chosen in a first phase of the Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) program. They will spend 5 months working on 10 online lessons and a final project and then compete for 160 slots in the summer residency session held at the Museum of Flight in June and July. (A little interesting that there are no students from Cleveland, given it's a STEM school.)
From SPS:
The WAS program is a free, competitive Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education program for high school juniors across Washington state. It is affiliated with the NASA Johnson Space Center’s National High School Aerospace Scholars program. The goal of WAS is to excite and prepare students to pursue career pathways in STEM fields using a NASA-designed, distance-learning curriculum.
Good job students and teachers.
Also, thank you AGAIN to Death Cab for Cutie which donated more than $4300 to SPS Nutrition Services this year from $1 donations on their ticket sales.
From SPS:
This is the third time that Death Cab for Cutie, originally from Bellingham, has donated money to the SPS meal program. Wendy Weyer, SPS Nutrition Services director, noted that the band has generously contributed more than $13,500 over the last three years to the department, which serves 7,600 breakfasts and 19,500 lunches each school day Districtwide.
The contribution will be used in the District’s highest-need schools during the 2012 and 2013 school years to help students who have unpaid debts on their school meal accounts.
More names are circulating as contenders for two open seats in the state house: The 36th District position 2 seat, currently occupied by Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, and the 46th District position 2 seat, held by Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney. Both Dickerson and Gutierrez Kenney announced earlier this year that they plan to retire at the end of their current terms.
In the 36th, which covers parts of Ballard, Queen Anne, Magnolia, Phinney Ridge, Fremont, and Belltown, several folks are rumored to be considering a run. They include John Burbank, head of the progressive Economic Opportunity Institute (and father of the infamous “latte tax”); Progressive Majority’s Washington State director, Noel Frame; Seattle School Board member Michael DeBell; Brett Phillips, son of King County Council member Larry Phillips and the director of sustainability at Unico Properties; and Jeff Manson, chair of the 36th District Democrats.
It is unclear to me when their terms expire (somebody?) but if DeBell runs, he would have to decide soon. If he wants to stay on the Board, his next election is Nov. 2013.
DeBell is the longest serving member on the current Board.
Also, I was perusing the Agenda for the Audit & Finance committee meeting tomorrow - it will be covering Finance - and saw this item:
Sustainability of Int’l Education Financing 10 min
It comes at the end of the meeting so it may get bumped but I saw that and went, "Hmmm". I have heard rumors that the district is a little more interested in STEM and money only goes so far. STEM and foreign language immersion are both fairly expensive programs. I suspect that once the second elementary is named as a feeder school for the program in the SW, we won't see any new foreign language immersion programs for awhile.
In the Good News category:
Nine high school students from SPS (Sealth, Garfield and Ingraham) have been chosen in a first phase of the Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) program. They will spend 5 months working on 10 online lessons and a final project and then compete for 160 slots in the summer residency session held at the Museum of Flight in June and July. (A little interesting that there are no students from Cleveland, given it's a STEM school.)
From SPS:
The WAS program is a free, competitive Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education program for high school juniors across Washington state. It is affiliated with the NASA Johnson Space Center’s National High School Aerospace Scholars program. The goal of WAS is to excite and prepare students to pursue career pathways in STEM fields using a NASA-designed, distance-learning curriculum.
Good job students and teachers.
Also, thank you AGAIN to Death Cab for Cutie which donated more than $4300 to SPS Nutrition Services this year from $1 donations on their ticket sales.
From SPS:
This is the third time that Death Cab for Cutie, originally from Bellingham, has donated money to the SPS meal program. Wendy Weyer, SPS Nutrition Services director, noted that the band has generously contributed more than $13,500 over the last three years to the department, which serves 7,600 breakfasts and 19,500 lunches each school day Districtwide.
The contribution will be used in the District’s highest-need schools during the 2012 and 2013 school years to help students who have unpaid debts on their school meal accounts.
Comments
SavvyVoter
DeBell's potential election is a non-starter. The public is too smart to give a promotion to a gossipy wimp.
--enough already
I'm seeing too much from him. I don't believe he would be honest and transparent.
Mr Ed
Mr. White
From Publicola:
http://publicola.com/2012/03/07/wednesday-jolt/