Seattle Schools for the Week, January 29-Feb 3, 2018

Monday, January 29th
Huchoosedah Culture Night at Boren STEM K-8 from 5:30-7:30 pm


Join us! 
This is a potluck please bring something to share if you can, come for an activity or just to visit.

Questions? Contact Gail Morris, Manager, Native Education
gtmorris@seattleschools.org

Tuesday, January 30th
Community Registration (Enrollment) Event at Yesler Terrace,  917 Yesler Way from 4:30 –7:30 p.m.

Join us at a school registration event to get help with online registration, learn how to help your child transition smoothly, and much more. Interpreters will be available.  

Special Education PTSA meeting at JSCEE from 7:00PM to 9:00PM

Work Session for Superintendent Search, 4:30-6:30 pm in the Board conference room

To note, the community meeting on changes to high school Science programming to be held at Cleveland High School has been cancelled. 

Wednesday, January 31th
Board meeting, starting at 4:15 pm.  Agenda.

I will have a separate thread for the Board meeting as it has two large items.

It's a much shorter agenda (zero Introduction items) but with two biggies - the resolution on HC in high schools with a substitute resolution now on the agenda from Pinkham, Patu and Mack AND
Approval of the 2019-20 High School Growth Boundaries Plan and Highly Capable Pathways for 2019-20 and 2020-2, now with four amendments. 

From Director Eden Mack (and this is always true but bears repeating):

Nothing will be finalized until the school board takes action on Wednesday, and I would encourage you to continue to write to schoolboard@seattleschools.org and/or sign up to testify at the board meeting to share your support or opposition for items on the agenda.   

Thursday, Feb. 1
Operations Committee meeting from 4:30-6:30 pm.  No agenda yet available.

Enrollment event at Hazel Wolf K-8 School from 5:30PM to 7:30PM


Family Science Engagement Night
7-8:30 p.m. Ingraham High School, Library, 1819 N 135th St. Seattle, WA 98133

There does not appear to be any director community meetings this weekend.

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Anonymous said…
What is the general grading policy for SPS? When are semester grades final, by when do teachers need to post grades (is this what the day between semesters is for?), and what is the window of time for students to address any missing or erroneous grades?

wondering
1/30/18, 5:18 AM
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