Friday Open Thread
Welcome to August - it's nice to still have a lovely summer.
I note that SPS is still looking for an Enrollment and Planning Services director. I was a bit startled that the salary is much lower than for an Executive Director (considering how important this job is).
Very entertaining interview with Project Runway's Tim "Make it Work" Gunn on mentoring in the NY Times.
Last fall, in an instantly viral Tumblr feed called “Academic Tim Gunn,” two Penn State academics imagined the style guru as a dissertation committee member with advice tailored to the humanities, including: “I want you to be cognizant of not overwriting this,” “That conclusion is such wretched excess” and “Your theoretical framework is Foucault, Derrida and Deleuze? That’s not avant-garde. That’s 80s.”
No Director community meetings tomorrow.
MOHAI is sponsoring "Imagine Cup Day" on Saturday from 10 am-2 pm; could be fun and it's free.
I note that SPS is still looking for an Enrollment and Planning Services director. I was a bit startled that the salary is much lower than for an Executive Director (considering how important this job is).
Very entertaining interview with Project Runway's Tim "Make it Work" Gunn on mentoring in the NY Times.
Last fall, in an instantly viral Tumblr feed called “Academic Tim Gunn,” two Penn State academics imagined the style guru as a dissertation committee member with advice tailored to the humanities, including: “I want you to be cognizant of not overwriting this,” “That conclusion is such wretched excess” and “Your theoretical framework is Foucault, Derrida and Deleuze? That’s not avant-garde. That’s 80s.”
No Director community meetings tomorrow.
MOHAI is sponsoring "Imagine Cup Day" on Saturday from 10 am-2 pm; could be fun and it's free.
- Check out new technology projects made by students from over 30 countries
- Meet the students, play the games, try the tech
- Take a spin in the Lotus F1 Simulator, sponsored by Avanade
- Hands-on Mad Science activities for kids
- Free family concerts by the D20 Brass Band and the School of Rock
- Incredible hip hop dancing by the Massive Monkees
- Meet Blitz, the Seattle Seahawks mascot
- Free admission to MOHAI, the Museum of History & Industry, all day
- Free snacks!
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Superintendent turnover: School Board explains relationship with José Banda
reader47
sidneyd
numerous financial documents.
There appears to be a policy violation in awarding a "single source" contract for $149,385 to a company named "ACCELIFY" over the objections of a person in charge of contracting oversight. They objected due to there being at least 6 other qualified companies who could bid.
Follow themoney
I think I see where you are going with this "followthe money" - if I'm reading between the correct lines
Accelify Consulting To Conduct Special Education Program Analysis For Seattle Public Schools
reader47
Accelify Consulting (www.accelifyconsulting.com) was selected by Seattle Public Schools (SPS) and the State of Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to lead an effort to study the District's Special Education system and make recommendations to allow SPS to comply with the Comprehensive Corrective Action Plan (CCAP) issued by OSPI. The contract was awarded through a competitive bid process.
If by competitive they mean "single sourced via collusion by SPS staff and others" then yes it was competitive.
follow themoney
Here is a narrative I can believe:
http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2014/07/how-democracy-saves-seattle-schools-from-bad-superintendents.html
It is amazing that we have a volunteer board that can serve 4-8years, but Banda leaves when an attractive salary and retirement is offered.
It is time to change the narrative. No reason for the Alliance for Education to promote a false narrative!
and I hope it cost her to be terminated. Ask for her emails and you will she just how dirty the whole thing is!
Monry
NEmom
Follow the Money,
Who was responsible for awarding the contract to ACCELIFY? Is Nyland aware?
I'm thinking about a particular contractor that showed-up to a board meeting and complained that weighting formula kept being changed. If I recall, General Counsel was responsible for changing weighted formula.
Who owns ACCELIFY?
Please distribute the Progressive Institute's narrative far and wide. The Alliance for Education is trying to create a false narrative to the public.
Talk about insult. It's bad enough that OSPI does nothing - for decades... but now they want our money too?????
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