Director Community Meetings
A reader asked:
Director Song Maritz will be holding a community meeting. Have other directors be holding meetings?
From the Board calendar:
Join School Board Director Song Maritz for a community meeting on Monday, December 13, 7 – 8 p.m.
Meeting held online with Zoom. Event registration required.
Join School Board Director Rivera Smith for a community meeting on Saturday, December 11, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Meeting held online with Zoom. Event registration required.
These meetings are chances to share your questions and concerns, and to build community among other SPS parents and caregivers. While open to everyone, District 2 school families are encouraged to attend.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please note, registration requests are manually approved, so please register *no later than* 5:45pm day of the meeting.
I’m looking forward to seeing you there!
Meeting held online with Zoom. Event registration required.
You know, I had been wondering this myself. Month after month with no meetings. Each director goes her or his or their way so I have no idea when the other directors might have their own.
Director Hampson said, early on in her term, that she didn't really need to talk to parents in her own region but should be devoting most of her time to other areas.
I'll just note that every region has always had one director so any parent who didn't feel heard, well, that's on their director.
I'll also point out that directors are elected to represent the ENTIRE city so if a director openly says she's not going to have time for some parents, well, I hope that region remembers that should that director attempt to run again.
Going to the Board calendar I see another director, Lisa Rivera Smith, is having a community meeting tomorrow, December 11th.
Meeting held online with Zoom. Event registration required.
These meetings are chances to share your questions and concerns, and to build community among other SPS parents and caregivers. While open to everyone, District 2 school families are encouraged to attend.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please note, registration requests are manually approved, so please register *no later than* 5:45pm day of the meeting.
I’m looking forward to seeing you there!
Also, a quick note to the Board office - on the Board meetings page, there is a photo of the last Board. Maybe put the new one in.
Comments
District 3 Refugee
President Hersey meets with district 7 families every week. I believe these last two weeks people have taken a break.
West Seattle has not seen the likes of your friend Director Harris in a long long time.
Hmmm
Where does Hampson hold these secret, limited invite meetings? Why can’t District 3 parents attend? When did “inclusive” come to mean only certain types of families. Oh well, she always said she never has any power anyway, so who wants to meet with someone who won’t own their role. At least she has been exposed for who she is.
District 3 Refugee
I get a weekly notification of all Board activities and I have not seen a meeting on the calendar for a long time.
You are mistaken; Director Harris and I are not friends. You should ask her about having meetings, not me.