Patu Asks for Postponement on Growth Boundaries Vote
From the updated School Board agenda for Wednesday:
Board President Patu has requested to postpone action on this item and any amendments to the November 16th Board meeting to allow for a Board Work Session on November 09th to discuss Director Amendments.
I have to believe that most directors will go along with this action, given how complicated the work is before them.
Board President Patu has requested to postpone action on this item and any amendments to the November 16th Board meeting to allow for a Board Work Session on November 09th to discuss Director Amendments.
I have to believe that most directors will go along with this action, given how complicated the work is before them.
Comments
My fear is that the newly proposed delay will just feed the "we have to act NOW" mentality and they'll end up passing something next time, but WITHOUT the middle school issue solved. Way too many students will be assigned to Hamilton and Eagle Staff, and Whitman and Eckstein will be short. Then they'll have to come up with an emergency plan at the last minute. Again.
Let's get the middle school issue figured out NOW. Hey JSCEE staff, how about you release a draft NSAP document that addresses the middle school pathways by this Friday, and include projections that reflect these pathways and neighborhood boundaries.
rb
Capacity Management and School Closures votes have typically been at the first meeting in November. During board election years, this is often the last vote of the outgoing board. It is both excellent that this is a non election year for board members and that Board President Betty Patu has taken a clear stance on to prioritize the student experience when making capacity decisions.
The amendments do a good job of addressing the many community concerns about elementary school. However, as rb noted, there is very little to balance out the middle school feeder patterns.
Hopefully, a work session will help to re-balance the middle schools so that all of the middle schools can offer a "comprehensive" experience.
-North-end Mom
Concerned Hamilton and Cascadia mom