Seattle Schools This Week

Tuesday starts high school graduations.

Best wishes to ALL the grads and their parents/guardians!

Monday, June 10th
C&I Committee Mtg, 4-6 pm, Agenda This agenda is full of interesting items like a Math Adoption Progress report.

Work Session: Board Evaluation, 6:45-8:00 pm
I'd love to go to this one but I doubt I can make it.  Not sure who is evaluating whom.

Tuesday, June 11th
Special Ed Advocacy&Advisory Council Meeting, 6:30-9:00 pm, JSCEE, Room 2700

Wednesday, June 12th
Executive Ctm Meeting, 8:30-10 am.  Agenda not yet available but this is where they will decide who gets to organize/set agendas for the Board retreats.  

Thursday, June 13th
Audit&Finance Ctm. Meeting, 4-6:00 pm, agenda

Community Meeting w/Director Peaslee, 6-7:45 pm, Lake City Public Library (note, this has been CANCELLED - but still appears on the district calendar)

Saturday, June 15th
Community Meetings:

DeBell - 9-11 am - Cafe Appassionato near Fisherman's Terminal
Martin-Morris - 9:30-11:30 am - Diva's Espress at Lake City Way
McLaren - 12:30-2 pm - High Point Branch Library



Comments

A-mom said…
Peaslee has not held a community meeting since March.
Is there any real School Board evaluation?
6/10/13, 8:17 AM
mirmac1 said…
Here is the Exec Committee agenda for tomorrow. Interestingly they will talk about "conditional certification". Up until now, that has been the backdoor way for unqualified, out of field (meaning inexpert) TFA interns to teach in our neediest schools. Perhaps the Alliance will now push that for their Urban Teacher Residency trainees to get in classrooms.

I see retreat planning is also on the agenda.
6/11/13, 10:24 PM
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