Tuesday Open Thread
Today is a meeting for the Advanced Learning Task Force. On the agenda is a discussion of twice exceptional students, looking at research-based "Successful Practices" and "To prepare for Service Delivery recommendations." Looks like good work being done.
Just to note, many, many other districts in the state are struggling with cuts. It's not just Seattle Schools.
A good story from KNKX on the Dyslexia Advisory Committee for the state that is working on screening tools for districts.
Just to note, many, many other districts in the state are struggling with cuts. It's not just Seattle Schools.
A good story from KNKX on the Dyslexia Advisory Committee for the state that is working on screening tools for districts.
Parents of children with dyslexia celebrated legislation that passed in Washington last year requiring school districts to screen all young children.Good article from Ed Scoop on digital citizenship.
The statute says districts have until the 2021-22 school year to fully implement the law. But first, a dyslexia advisory council is working on identifying screening tools for use by schools.
“This is a universal screening, which means that it’s provided to all students and it’s used as an early warning indicator,” said Glenna Gallo, assistant superintendent of special education for the state. The tool is not the same as a full evaluation to diagnose dyslexia, she said.
“Digital citizenship is not about teaching curriculum — it’s about creating a culture,” Culatta told EdScoop. “That really has to happen at a school level. It can’t just be adding another hour of teaching in a particular class.”What's on your mind?
Those student-learned online behaviors, Culatta said, should result in four outcomes:
- improvement in students’ real-world communities,
- improvement in students’ abilities to shape public policy,
- more respectful online engagement with those who hold different beliefs, and
- improved ability to determine the validity of information online.
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Starving
https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/school-officials-from-property-rich-districts-tell-lawmakers-how-they-would-benefit-from-sb-5313-a-bill-that-would-re-introduce-funding-inequity-in-public-education?fbclid=IwAR0_gZuJp58Tkxzub4DzFIc1NmAhhedMt92_LdHM0lmgi8VGfgPk8guLqIE
http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/twiceexceptional.pdf
Thank you.
Thanks,
-Seattle parent
Pinehurst
That is NOT counting the $600,000 less that Ballard won't have due to the Core 24 money going away - BHS was given 700k to expand options for the Core 24 (credit) requirements and that was a only a two-year funding which goes away, so that is another 3 or 4 FTE hole.
Part of this is due to the budgeted drop in enrollment due to Lincoln opening (I think the drop was 300? students fewer, but given Ballard neighborhood's growth and HCC students deciding to stay at BHS, it's likely that the drop will only be a hundred or two, while the budget reflects a drop of 300...
The other part is due to the District's new WSS staffing model, and the 40 million budget hole.
Lean times, indeed. It's a train wreck.
RM
Parent
Parent, that could be true except that the upheaval is very hard on everyone. The Legislature has made this hard on every district and that lack of understanding and/or just plain animus is disappointing.
Here is how we reverse the cuts.
1. Get the legislature to give SPS local levy flexibility.
2. Get the legislature to pass a capital gains tax with more funding for public schools.
3. Get the legislature to pass more funding for special education.
The legislature is very close to doing all three, but more parent calls and emails are needed. Do not believe anyone who says the legislature won't do these things. I was there last week and can confirm we are close on all three.
Then we need one more thing:
4. Get SPS leaders, including the superintendent and all seven board directors, to commit to fully restoring all cuts to the classroom, including to teachers, once SPS gets enough money from the state. They may have to send out layoff notices, but those can be rescinded and/or teachers and librarians and other workers rehired as new funds come available.
Four board director positions are up for election this fall. No board member who refuses to commit to fulfilling item #4 should be returned to office.
I realize that her photo has been posted widely, but it's been cleaned up on most of the facebook groups and the parents have requested we do our best to comply, especially considering the reach of your blog.
Thanks.
Shortfalls should not come as a surprise.
"Demands" only get you so far.
If I read it correctly it would take away the requirement to pass specific tests in order to graduate from HS? It also seems like it would ditch the SBAC entirely?
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1089&Year=2019&Initiative=false
-StepJ
Be Reasonable
On Facebook the call was to put up the photo of the missing girl, Zoe Burns, far and wide. In fact, when one person said "oh, she's been found" another person stated she hadn't and please keep up the search and spread the word.
I did.
Now you, and others who are anonymous, are trying to tell me what to do at my blog and I have no idea if this is really true.
And if the photo and name has nothing to do with the blog, why were people glad when I put it up?
Because I AM all about kids but it's foolish to think this is gone and shows the lack of understanding of the internet.
To accuse me of a lack of compassion is astonishing.
I'm taking down the photo but it's not going to change much.
Thanks SPS!