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Opt-out information in Spanish (thanks to a Spanish-speaking parent). Please share with others.
We've asked that SPS build a Parent Education Page that had videos and links to topics like:
SpEd policies and procedures; School budgets 101; MTSS and SIT teams; SBAC and standardized testing, etc
I would also encourage them to look at the use of a mobile app. I suspect that more families may have a smartphone versus a computer.
The matter of translation is always an issue, but there are sites that offer information in other languages, that the district should provide links to.
Ann D said…
NPR had a story on today about an app called Help Me that was designed to help Syrian refugees living in Turkey to be able to function. It made me think that someone should make such an app for Seattle Schools given all the undocumented nuances and idiosyncratic be autocratic dealings of the district.
The speaker list is up for the Board meeting tomorrow; not as packed as I thought with just four people on the waitlist. The majority of the speakers are speaking on high school boundaries (with several wanting to talk about Ballard High). There are only three of us speaking about the Green Dot resolution asking the City to not grant the zoning departures that Green Dot has requested. It's me, long-time watchdog, Chris Jackins, and the head of the Washington State Charter Schools Association, Patrick D'Amelio. (I knew Mr. D'Amelio when he headed the Alliance for Education and Big Brothers and Big Sisters; he's a stand-up guy.)
Update 2: an absolutely fabulous interactive map made by parent Beth Day (@thebethocracy on Twitter - she covers Board meetings and is fun to read). end of update Update 1: Mea culpa, I did indeed get Decatur and Thornton Creek mixed up. Thanks to all for the correction. end of update I suspect some who read this post will be irate. Why do this? Because the district seems very hellbent on this effort with no oversight skid marks from the Board. To clearly state - I do not believe that closing 20 schools is a good idea. I think they hit on 20 because they thought it might bring in the most savings. But the jury is still out on the savings because the district has not shown its work nor its data. I suspect closing schools and THEN leasing/renting them is the big plan but that means the district really has to keep the buildings up. But this district, with its happy talk about "well-resourced schools" is NOT acknowledging the pain and yes, grief, that is to come fro
Why You Should Care Mr. Crabill has found quite the acolyte in Director Chandra Hampson. In the course of discussions over SOFG, she says his name over and over, "A.J .says we...." Now that's not too surprising given the direction the district is heading and that it is Mr. Crabill's work with the Council of Great City Schools is how we got here. But it appears that Mr. Crabill is working very closely with Hampson and we know she wields some amount of power over the majority of the Board. Mr. Crabill is going to continue to work with the Board as SOFG is instituted in SPS. In fact, his role may become more public as it did at one SPS Board meeting in the spring where he was on the phone during the meeting and suggested the Board stop the meeting to "self-reflect." I also noticed that in a district in South Carolina, when things weren't going to plan, he blamed the Board for not following SOFG to the letter. Look for that to happen here if Board members w
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SpEd policies and procedures;
School budgets 101;
MTSS and SIT teams;
SBAC and standardized testing, etc
I would also encourage them to look at the use of a mobile app. I suspect that more families may have a smartphone versus a computer.
The matter of translation is always an issue, but there are sites that offer information in other languages, that the district should provide links to.
http://www.npr.org/2015/03/25/395355117/app-helps-syrian-refugees-adapt-to-life-away-from-home
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