Seattle Schools Community Forum

(Editor note - again. I have several comments that I would like to print. If you took the time to write something that helps the discussion, it would be great to include it. But three of these are anonymous and I'm trying very hard not to print anonymous comments.  Again, any name or moniker will do. It's not that tough to be something at the end of your comment.)    A headline story in the New York Times is that the well-thought of superintendent of Des Moines schools apparently made up/adjusted several items on his resume and appears to not have been a legal resident of the United States. This is a gift article so you will be able to read all of it.  School district leaders in Des Moines drew up a detailed wish list when they set out to hire a new superintendent in 2023. They wanted someone who could increase reading scores, improve the math skills of Black boys, adhere to an affirmative action plan and much more. Most of all, Des Moines Public Schools neede...

The Seattle Times has a story this morning on the final resolution to high school lunches: Starting Monday, Oct. 6, all SPS high schools will have two lunch periods, except on Wednesdays, when students can share one schoolwide 30-minute lunch period. The change will “preserve time for students to connect, join clubs, or explore other interests,” wrote SPS interim superintendent Fred Podesta and associate superintendent Rocky Torres-Morales in an email sent to impacted high schools Thursday afternoon. “This gives students time for whole-school community building, while still supporting a safer and more manageable lunch experience on other days.”  The decision to implement a one-lunch Wednesday will be made by each school principal and individual school community. Schools will provide exact details about their schedules by the end of the week. As I posted in the Comments: This makes it unclear what is to happen: "The decision to implement a one-lunch Wednesday will be made by each ...