Goodbye to Noel Treat
From SPS:
I am sad to see Noel go. I think he was widely respected and I thought he really had good ideas and energy.
Dear colleagues,
I am proud of the work we've
done during my time at Seattle Public Schools and hope that I have
helped make a positive difference. My time here has been some of the
most rewarding
of my career, but I have decided to pursue a new opportunity as Deputy
City Manager for Mercer Island.
This is an exciting
opportunity for me to be part of a strong city leadership team and
address new challenges. Please know that my decision is not a result of
the current Superintendent
search – I was not an applicant and am pleased with the candidates who
have been named as finalists.
I know we are in the midst of
a transition at SPS and I am confident the School Board will find a new
leader to continue the work in a positive direction. I will still
remain a
part of the SPS community and look forward to supporting the District
as a parent. My last day in the office will be May 21.
I wish you all the best.
Noel Treat
Deputy Superintendent
Seattle Public SchoolsI am sad to see Noel go. I think he was widely respected and I thought he really had good ideas and energy.
Comments
SWWS
Ah me.
he thought he could make a difference (and he could have, if he stayed)
his heart is more in management than lawyering (can one blame him?)
he thought Enfield was the real deal (his greatest mistake along with the whole TFA garbage)
Treat was the one guy who, when he said he thought ALL children should have an equal chance, I actually believed him. We disagreed how one went about being that to fruition, but I figured he'd see that I was right, eventually. : )
--enough already
The other thing that stands out is he was up to his eyeballs on the Teach for America policy.
The other point that I don't understand with this blog and its people is why they don't stand up for themselves. They have a lot of things they feel don't work, but they don't offer any pushback or sugestions of thier own.
They are great on the defensive, but offer no comeback on Teach for America. They will defend themselves as individuals but not share what to do or how to solve anything wrong with the school district.
Everytime I read this blog the readers always advocate for more of the same people, recycling bad talent. Trying to pull trash out of the dump and make it seem new. Let's have new ideas, new people and new discussions. Stop following the masses and think for yourselves.
I get the idea that this is not a blog for intelligent discussion, but a blog of people in a cult. Nothing intelligent to say, they will gang up on you and attack you for thinking different or for yourself.
This is not about me, it is aout making the schools better for the kids and everyone whom works for them. Let's offer helpful rather than hurtful suggestions.
Quadruple it
And, no, McEvoy needs to go. She has singlemindedly embraced her role as soother-in-chief, can't speak in anything but jargon, and has a very hard time answering direct questions.
To in love with the evil that resides in the JSCEE.
Someone needs to grow a spine.
My sense of Noel is that he did his job as well as he could under the circumstances. He listened; he got back to people; he followed up. If his job was to assist Holly in seeing whether they could get the certs for TfA folks -- then that was his job and he did it. I lay that one at the feet of Dr. E and those board members who voted for it -- not Noel. I have no clue whether an outside investigator would have been asked to come in to set the Lowell issue straight if Mr. Treat hadn't been there -- it is places like that where I think his strengths show through. His new position is a step up (and further into management, and away from just being "the legal guy") -- but I think he would have been a real asset (assuming we hire a reasonable Supe) to the District if he had stayed.
I agree. The good everything else outweighed the bad TFA.