Upcoming Charter School Applications in Washington State
There were 12 NOIs (Notices of Intent) submitted to the Washington State
Charter Commission this fall.
I'd be surprised if more than six even submit an application; it's a heavy lift to get done.
There were some surprises as I researched each NOI.
First surprise?
That the two assistant principals at West Seattle High School, Scott Canfield and Garth Reeves, have submitted an NOI. That would be for Cascade:Midway High School in south King County to start in 2021. They are getting help via the Washington Charter Schools Association which accepted them for their School Leadership and Design Fellowship.
As I said in my email to the Board, it's not a crime to be looking for another job. Not even for another job that will directly compete against your current one. But I would hate to learn that they are using time and/or resources at SPS to do that work.
There are several schools in other areas of Washington State including Vancouver, Bremerton, Whatcom, and the Tri-Cities.
There are a couple labelled as opening in Seattle while still others say South King County( and that may include Seattle).
There are a couple that are dual-language-based including Camino:The Learning Journey that would be a Spanish/French immersion school for grades 5-12. The applicant, Antonette Sabrots, is a long-time educator, including six years in SPS. This would be a Seattle-based school.
As well, the charter in Bremerton, Catalyst:Bremerton, which would be a K-8, has two long-time charter school administrators including one from TFA.
On the other hand, the one in Vancouver would be started by a business management consultant. It would be a K-12 called CAM Charter School. CAM stands for Character and Academics for the Marketplace.
There are a couple of familiar charter faces in former SPS employee, Bree Dusseault, who hopes to open a K-8 in Tacoma in 2020. Likewise, Impact, which opened one elementary last fall wants to open another elementary, Salish Sea Elementary in "south Puget Sound."
There are two ethnically-based NOIs.
One is the Fursan School. The lead on this charter is, Mohamed Bakr, a guy who does digital marketing and directs the Muslim Community Neighborhood Association in Bellevue. He wrote down "King County" for location.
The other would be a school called Whole Elephant Chinese Charter School under the direction of Lotus King Weiss. This would be a K-8 in Seattle opening in 2020. The Commission previously rejected their application.
Dr. Weiss, a cancer researcher, has opened several of these in New York State. One possible issue with this application could be that Dr. Weiss is a follower of Falun Gong/Falun Dafa. I don't know much about this but it seems to have been a sticking point for opening charter schools in New York State.
There are two others on the horizon that have not filed yet; one in Wenatchee and one in Spokane. The one in Spokane would go thru Spokane SD which is a charter school authorizer and would be for teen parents. To note, SPS has and has had for a long time a school to help teen parents complete with day care in South Lake High School.
I'd be surprised if more than six even submit an application; it's a heavy lift to get done.
There were some surprises as I researched each NOI.
First surprise?
That the two assistant principals at West Seattle High School, Scott Canfield and Garth Reeves, have submitted an NOI. That would be for Cascade:Midway High School in south King County to start in 2021. They are getting help via the Washington Charter Schools Association which accepted them for their School Leadership and Design Fellowship.
As I said in my email to the Board, it's not a crime to be looking for another job. Not even for another job that will directly compete against your current one. But I would hate to learn that they are using time and/or resources at SPS to do that work.
There are several schools in other areas of Washington State including Vancouver, Bremerton, Whatcom, and the Tri-Cities.
There are a couple labelled as opening in Seattle while still others say South King County( and that may include Seattle).
There are a couple that are dual-language-based including Camino:The Learning Journey that would be a Spanish/French immersion school for grades 5-12. The applicant, Antonette Sabrots, is a long-time educator, including six years in SPS. This would be a Seattle-based school.
As well, the charter in Bremerton, Catalyst:Bremerton, which would be a K-8, has two long-time charter school administrators including one from TFA.
On the other hand, the one in Vancouver would be started by a business management consultant. It would be a K-12 called CAM Charter School. CAM stands for Character and Academics for the Marketplace.
There are a couple of familiar charter faces in former SPS employee, Bree Dusseault, who hopes to open a K-8 in Tacoma in 2020. Likewise, Impact, which opened one elementary last fall wants to open another elementary, Salish Sea Elementary in "south Puget Sound."
There are two ethnically-based NOIs.
One is the Fursan School. The lead on this charter is, Mohamed Bakr, a guy who does digital marketing and directs the Muslim Community Neighborhood Association in Bellevue. He wrote down "King County" for location.
The other would be a school called Whole Elephant Chinese Charter School under the direction of Lotus King Weiss. This would be a K-8 in Seattle opening in 2020. The Commission previously rejected their application.
Dr. Weiss, a cancer researcher, has opened several of these in New York State. One possible issue with this application could be that Dr. Weiss is a follower of Falun Gong/Falun Dafa. I don't know much about this but it seems to have been a sticking point for opening charter schools in New York State.
There are two others on the horizon that have not filed yet; one in Wenatchee and one in Spokane. The one in Spokane would go thru Spokane SD which is a charter school authorizer and would be for teen parents. To note, SPS has and has had for a long time a school to help teen parents complete with day care in South Lake High School.
Comments
You know there was no one more critical than I of the manner in which some groups of students of color were underserved and the disproportionality that exists between certain groups of students of color and white students in academic achievement and disciplinary sanctions and the fact that the Disproportionality Task Force's Recommendations were ignored...HOWEVER there are attempts by the Board to implement some of the DTF recommendations and there are attempts to include some groups of underserved students in the Strategic Plan. There is still a great deal of work to do but we must not, cannot give up by privatizing education and allowing Charter schools to drain resources from public schools. I believe I know you well enough to know that you will continue to fight for educational success for all our students in our public schools.
Voter
Nobody won. We spent 100s of hours and went through years of agony. SPS refused to do what the law demanded. Phase 2 of the legal challenge is coming soon.
I don't see how it could have been any worst in a charter school. And sure the private school could have turned us down but they did not and they made good progress after so many years of neglect by SPS.
Voter
Tired
The rest of it is just jobs for Adults so other Adults work to pay the taxes that funds the jobs, you can see the vicious loop...right?
The Adults are never satisfied being a public sector wage earners.
BooHa
Moochers.
Let them eat cake.
What's your point?
"Vicious loop"?
Should we not pay taxes to educate our children?
What's your point?
“We should go back to oldie days when job options for women were limited. And when teachers were primarily women and we didn’t have to pay them much because we knew their husbands had benefits and were the real “bread winners”, and the single ladies were just waiting to get a man anyway. Because, pish posh, we all know educatin’ young uns isn’t hard”.
Grumpy
Grumpy
Grumpier
I just don't get this anger at public sector employees. Is it unions? Jealousy? What? I mean, you do have to have people actually do the work so why the anger?
In my family we have had over the years over 200 different teachers work with our children, so I have some personal experience to draw on.
Some of the teachers were very good, most were average but a few should have never been hired and in fact seemed to be immune from termination.
Charter schools will not have to keep incompetent or dangerous teachers employed. Charter schools can be more discriminate in their hiring.
Charter schools do not have to follow union rules.
Thanks goes out to all the smart effective teachers working at SPS.
Just helping
I feel for districts that have to deal with both snow and strike days.