This and That

Checking the election results now a week later:

D4

Vivian Song Maritz increased her lead from 56.41% to 59.79%. Laura Marie Rivera dropped slightly from 23.18% to 21.40%. Erin Dury also went down slightly from 11.10% to 10.73%. Herb Camet, Jr. also went down slightly from 8.62% to 7.52%. 

D5

Michelle Sarju went from 81.60 to 85.78% while her closest competition, Dan Harder, went down from 13.85% to 10.46%. 

Advanced Learning

Checking the district website, I saw a new article about how the district has identified more students furtherest from educational justice for the Advanced Learning program. I was excited to see the numbers but ... no numbers.

Due to Covid-19, in-person testing was not possible last year. The team reviewed historical data for students to determine eligibility, including student performance data, grades, teacher and community member recommendations, and family input.

Compared to data from the last three years, staff identified more students of color for Highly Capable and Advanced Learning services.

Odd.

On Mandatory Vaccinations for Teachers and Staff

Via The Seattle Times:

Washington’s state superintendent sent a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee Thursday “strongly encouraging” him to require coronavirus vaccinations for all public school employees, citing the governor’s vaccine mandate for all state workers and hundreds of thousands of health care workers. 

“Our school districts are making staffing decisions for fall and negotiating agreements with their labor partners now,” the letter said. “Providing districts with as much notice as possible will help to ensure a smoother implementation of the order for districts and school employees.”

Masks at Schools 

Elsewhere in the country, many school boards are having actual open meetings at their headquarters. But between Critical Race Theory and use of masks at schools, it looks like warfare. 

Via the Washington Post:

After a school board in Franklin, Tenn., voted on Tuesday night to require masks at local elementary schools, dozens of angry parents gathered outside the building and started chanting: “We will not comply!” 

 

Another parent approached a man sitting in his car, identified by WTVF as one of the health care experts who testified at the school board meeting, and pointed at him. “We know who you are,” the parent said. “You can leave freely, but we will find you.”

I hope we don't see that at a Seattle School Board meeting.