King County Council Event to Discuss Disproportionality
Sorry for the late notice; I received this event notice from School Board candidate, Leslie Harris (who keeps up as much or more than I do).
Members of the Metropolitan King County Council will be joined by their counterparts on the Seattle City Council for a special discussion that will focus on the challenges of meeting the educational needs of youth of color as a step to help reduce their numbers in the regional criminal justice system:
King County Councilmember Larry Gossett and Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien will co-host the special forum with:
• County Councilmembers Joe McDermott and Rod Dembowski,
• City Councilmembers Nick Licata and Kashama Sawant.
This forum is an opportunity for the public to hear from and discuss with their elected officials as well as members of the Seattle School Board on the challenges and efforts to reduce those rates. That includes efforts by both the county and city to reduce disproportionality in both schools and the justice system
What is a bit odd is that they mention Seattle School Board directors but don't name anyone who is attending.
Members of the Metropolitan King County Council will be joined by their counterparts on the Seattle City Council for a special discussion that will focus on the challenges of meeting the educational needs of youth of color as a step to help reduce their numbers in the regional criminal justice system:
| Wednesday, July 29 New Holly Gathering Hall 7054 32nd Ave South, Seattle Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. |
King County Councilmember Larry Gossett and Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien will co-host the special forum with:
• County Councilmembers Joe McDermott and Rod Dembowski,
• City Councilmembers Nick Licata and Kashama Sawant.
This forum is an opportunity for the public to hear from and discuss with their elected officials as well as members of the Seattle School Board on the challenges and efforts to reduce those rates. That includes efforts by both the county and city to reduce disproportionality in both schools and the justice system
What is a bit odd is that they mention Seattle School Board directors but don't name anyone who is attending.
Comments
Ummm... Seattle School Board members are elected officials. Perhaps this should have said "elected officials including members of the Seattle School Board"
That's from the meeting announcement. Do the city and/or county have efforts underway to reduce disproportionality in SPS? Are they working with SPS on it?
HF
I tell you something is up that School Board members are really being treated as lesser elected officials.
To note, my new info is that the keynote speaker will be Wayne Au, ed professor at UW Bothell and noted expert on this topic.
"It is my sincere hope that they include some public school teachers on the panel, as this is the group that is on the front line every single day attempting to educate and manage behavior at the same time"
What does this mean? Do we manage behavior or provide instruction (uh, I think that's a disabled student's legal right?) to address and modify behaviors that impede learning? Sounds like speducator does not understand special education.
Advocate