Seattle Public Education Updates
Update One comes from the Charter Commission which, according to the Times, has rejected the plan that First Place charter school, created in light of issues discovered in the management and running of the school.
So, either the district can't narrow it down or can't narrow it down enough and hence, the handwriting expert. How long this will take seems to be unknown.
The plan from First Place, which has floundered since opening in September, was deficient in some key areas and not submitted on time, said Joshua Halsey, the commission’s executive director. As a result, Halsey said he didn’t have enough time to review it.
Now begins a round of stricter negotiations, where Halsey will detail what changes First Place must complete or face losing its charter.
“The next step is to go over (the corrective action plan),” Halsey said. “It will become more prescriptive, as opposed to the school having the ability to pick the plan and how they’re going to go about that.”
Update Two is that the district has hired a handwriting expert to uncovered who may have altered many test booklets at Beacon Hill International School last year.
The PTA president at Beacon Hill gives an answer I wish I could support:
Molly Sedlik Hasson, the co-president of Beacon Hill’s parent-teacher association, said in an email Friday that the school has moved on from the testing debacle. The school community “isn’t really talking about it anymore,” she said.
“We are waiting for the investigation to be complete and trust that the appropriate action will be taken by the school district in response to the findings.”
I wish I could believe that ANYONE will be held accountable but that's not really what this district does. They ofuscate and remain silent and deflect but being accountable? Not really.
For evidence, who was held responsible for the lack of oversight for the Superintendent's transition into SPS so that he didn't make a bad error like signing a grant without Board permission?
Who has been held responsible - either in the Special Ed department or the Legal department - for the disclosure of thousand of students' data?
So they may find out who did it but do I think heads will roll? I do not.
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Our principal is barely competent. The pta had to pay for the half time vice principal to become full time to help the principal.
That was the first failure, before the test answers were changed.
The only reason a teacher would have to cheat is if that stood to gain something. I can't imagine a teacher would do it since they stand to gain nothing other than a gold star on their personnel folder for demonstrating high growth.
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Anyway, welcome to the world of MGJ, Enfield, Ferguso and today's Codd, Wright, Tolley, minions, Our Schools Coalition (what for them soon...) ad nauseam.