Friday Open Thread
Tonight the Seattle Channel will have a discussion with OSPI candidates at 7pm. (After the first airing, SC usually has video at their website for viewing.)
Saturday Events
No director community meetings this week but two opportunities to hear from the candidates for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Both events could prove interesting given who the sponsors are and what questions might get asked.
League of Women Voters event at Garfield High School at 10 am. (This event also includes the candidates for Commissioner of Public Lands.) Free and doors open at 9:30 am. Spanish and Somali translation provided and childcare available.
League of Education Voters (and a number of groups including Latino Community Fund and the Filipino Community of Seattle) are hosting a multi-race forum at the Eritrean Association of Greater Seattle community hall at 1528 S. Massachusetts St. at 3 pm. The portion for candidates for OSPI is from 3:40-4:40 pm. (After that, candidates for the 7th District will speak.)
But if you want to do something with the kids, there's Birds at the Burke (Museum) from 10 am-4pm.
And now for something completely different - a love letter to a school district. (I believe it is Shoreline, just north of us and not a different Shoreline in another part of the country.)
Saturday Events
No director community meetings this week but two opportunities to hear from the candidates for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Both events could prove interesting given who the sponsors are and what questions might get asked.
League of Women Voters event at Garfield High School at 10 am. (This event also includes the candidates for Commissioner of Public Lands.) Free and doors open at 9:30 am. Spanish and Somali translation provided and childcare available.
League of Education Voters (and a number of groups including Latino Community Fund and the Filipino Community of Seattle) are hosting a multi-race forum at the Eritrean Association of Greater Seattle community hall at 1528 S. Massachusetts St. at 3 pm. The portion for candidates for OSPI is from 3:40-4:40 pm. (After that, candidates for the 7th District will speak.)
But if you want to do something with the kids, there's Birds at the Burke (Museum) from 10 am-4pm.
Meet Taima the Hawk! Have your photo taken with the Seattle Seahawks Augur Hawk from 10:30 am - 2:30 pm.Have a student interested in computer science/engineering and wants to go to UW? Good news. UW is fundraising for a new computer science and engineering building to meet the demand for more grads in those areas. Yesterday UW announced that Amazon had donated $10M towards this effort.
And now for something completely different - a love letter to a school district. (I believe it is Shoreline, just north of us and not a different Shoreline in another part of the country.)
As a young single black mother of two brown boys, I have been used to doing this alone—to not having a team to raise these beautiful kids with. But you’ve given my kids what I thought was only possible for well-off, able-bodied, neurotypical, straight, cis white kids—you’ve given them real education and community.What's on your mind?
Comments
Carmen
Anyone who wants to write a post is free to do so. Send it to us and, unless we have a legitimate reason not to post it, we will probably post it. There's no rule that says all of the content has to come from Melissa.
Whew.
Am I the only one who hasn't heard of this? Are all these clubs going to start paying staff? Or stop doing activities?
-HS Parent
I am mystified as to what Carmen is requesting.
-- Dan Dempsey
For those of you who have toured and attended high schools, is the apparent disparity in course selection a good indication of school quality variation?
-almost done
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