tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post1850493553273658694..comments2024-03-28T23:38:22.511-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Deputy Superintendent to Leave in JanuaryMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-28040120363565357342015-11-23T20:29:56.949-08:002015-11-23T20:29:56.949-08:00Not in the tech industries.Not in the tech industries.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-18325583493174475742015-11-23T17:25:59.812-08:002015-11-23T17:25:59.812-08:00I don't really understand why my comment got d...I don't really understand why my comment got deleted but aren't jobs that pay more than the mayor and the governor kinda hard to find?Wandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-8948649074281493452015-11-23T06:26:58.253-08:002015-11-23T06:26:58.253-08:00lol Lynn you have to get it right if you are going...lol Lynn you have to get it right if you are going to be a grammar troll<br /><br />LayOffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-45725757018567851932015-11-22T16:12:27.517-08:002015-11-22T16:12:27.517-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Wandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-25306972762076183842015-11-22T13:24:25.423-08:002015-11-22T13:24:25.423-08:00Don't forget Blandford was party to preschool ...Don't forget Blandford was party to preschool junket too. He's got to go.Do itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-46976719922468467132015-11-22T13:21:20.607-08:002015-11-22T13:21:20.607-08:00yeah i would say notarobot =MC squaredyeah i would say notarobot =MC squareddo itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-38574763800441776372015-11-22T11:13:33.152-08:002015-11-22T11:13:33.152-08:00Jan, I don't think voters would have supported...Jan, I don't think voters would have supported the city's prek plan ..if they knew an IRB board was involved.<br /><br />Lastly, I can respect Toner/Wright for wanting to provide opportunities for low income students. However, in the process, there was not an attempt to support the interests of the district. Hundreds of administrative hours were spent on this project and the city is sitting on over $100M for early learning; the city should have reimbursed a cash-strapped K-12 educational system for administrative work. <br /><br />The city's prek program impacts district operations and this initiative needed to be vetted in Audit and Finance...it was not. The city has plenty of funds and they should be reimbursing the district. As is, the district is providing free space to private prek providers that are supported by the city/Family and Ed. levy.Transparency Pleasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-58282034996352675922015-11-22T10:27:25.888-08:002015-11-22T10:27:25.888-08:00Smaug. Love it!
I'm hearing a City SPP presc...Smaug. Love it!<br /><br />I'm hearing a City SPP preschool contractor is resisting enrolling a child with disabilities. This is a violation of Titles II and III of ADA and places the City in the cross-hairs. <br /><br />Wright and Toner have set up a separate and unequal system within SPS preschools. If you're going to do something, do it equitably. No loss if these two leave. More time, resources, and focus on K-12.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-44594379616187656962015-11-22T06:57:07.752-08:002015-11-22T06:57:07.752-08:00NOBODY knows what Tolley's job is, including h...NOBODY knows what Tolley's job is, including him.<br /><br />Another MGJ chair warmer who needs to go before real change is possible.Wandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-59784751292996614922015-11-22T01:40:52.035-08:002015-11-22T01:40:52.035-08:00I concur with Transparency Please. It bothers me ...I concur with Transparency Please. It bothers me a great deal that the City's preschool program is actually part of a large "experiment" on pre-school kids -- of sufficient magnitude that parental consent and IRB oversight is required. And there has been almost NO daylighting of the experiment, or discussion of whether this is what voters meant to "buy" with their tax dollars when they signed up for this. <br /><br />Oh do I miss having a real newspaper! In the better old days, when the Times was more real and the PI was still here -- some good investigative reporter would have jumped on this. But today we just have the slumbering ST "Smaug," asleep on its dollars and its captive subscribers, and hard to rouse unless someone wants to suggest an estate tax. <br /><br />I also agree with Lynn that something needs to happen w/r/t Shauna Heath. The elementary math insubordination fiasco is really a terrible situation. And the board should not allow it to continue -- it is not good for teachers to see downtown get away with these sorts of shenanigans without rebuke; and it is not good for kids to have their math curricula tampered with by someone whose fiddling has made the program worse, not better. Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-57893310976356273272015-11-21T23:12:40.690-08:002015-11-21T23:12:40.690-08:00Thanks, Lynn. That IS constructive criticism...
N...Thanks, Lynn. That IS constructive criticism... <br />NotARobotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30506039050761867132015-11-21T22:53:07.552-08:002015-11-21T22:53:07.552-08:00*your. I think you meant to write your? You should...*your. I think you meant to write your? You should make a note of that.<br /><br />Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30420864818074078912015-11-21T22:49:17.670-08:002015-11-21T22:49:17.670-08:00I believe he is leaving because the board did not ...I believe he is leaving because the board did not support his proposal to increase the time, space and money allocated to preschool classrooms. Preschool appeared to be the only issue he worked on. I'd guess he's moving on to spread the gospel somewhere else.<br /><br />I would like to see Shauna Heath leaving also. Her sneaky tactics to undermine the purchase and use of Math in Focus should not be acceptable to the board or the superintendent. I don't know what Michael Tolley does. Is he actively messing things up or just allowing others to do so? I can't see that we need him now that they're hired people to supervise principals and now someone to supervise the people who supervise the principals. Wasn't that his job?Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-9055454507654968552015-11-21T22:43:42.523-08:002015-11-21T22:43:42.523-08:00The district supported early learning in their Str...The district supported early learning in their Strategic Plan. <br /><br />The city's prek program is part of a research study called P20 and the research will be conducted out of Rutgers University. An Institutional Review Board will oversee this project to assure students are not psychologically harmed. There was little to NO discussion around this fact. At one point, district documents indicated children would be asked "culturally sensitive" questions. This sentence was removed, but we don't know much about the research that will be conducted. I never felt that adequate light was shed on this fact and there was never a healthy discussion on this subject.<br /><br />As previously mentioned, many feel prek will benefit children. Yet, there was an astonishing lack of transparency. <br />Transparency Pleasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-33315550062402075352015-11-21T22:39:04.089-08:002015-11-21T22:39:04.089-08:00mirmac1, you're comments are of a mean and nas...mirmac1, you're comments are of a mean and nasty nature. The reader should make a note of it. <br /><br />NotARobotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-1091008800113435892015-11-21T22:17:58.673-08:002015-11-21T22:17:58.673-08:00Charlie- I remember that he told the Board that th...Charlie- I remember that he told the Board that they sent way too many emails to staff, with too many requests for information; and he presented an analysis of how many emails this year vs. how many the previous year- hence the scolding. It was astounding.<br /><br />I don't think he said they didn't have time to do Board priorities, but he did seem to be the one who organized some political theater; not sure if it was at the same Board retreat. When bell times was presented at a meeting, the entire senior staff came behind the podium, indicating that their work would be (negatively) impacted by doing bell time work. Really, the IT dept is negatively impacted by bell times?? C & I?? It was also astounding. <br /><br />I think he is a bright man, but somehow missed that it is the Board who sets the priorities, and his job is to implement them.ProSleep Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-59104609089011585722015-11-21T21:52:17.627-08:002015-11-21T21:52:17.627-08:00Mimi, not valid. Of course, we all can say no on ...Mimi, not valid. Of course, we all can say no on knows unless you are doing the work of a teacher, a principal, etc. I think he did care but I think he may have cared about the wrong focus and the way to get ahead. Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-62083321074067218392015-11-21T20:09:37.846-08:002015-11-21T20:09:37.846-08:00It's easy to throw stones when you haven't...It's easy to throw stones when you haven't walked in someone's shoes. He actually cares about the kids.miminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-16536584145604612472015-11-21T13:02:52.338-08:002015-11-21T13:02:52.338-08:00I find it somewhat ironic that Mr. Wright would ta...I find it somewhat ironic that Mr. Wright would take it upon himself to school people on winning trust. I don't know that Mr. Wright ever won much trust at all.<br /><br />Wasn't it Mr. Wright who, at a Board retreat, told the Board - in a scolding tone - that the staff had no capacity to take on any of the Board's priorities for the year - including bell time. A few weeks later he committed countless hundreds of hours of staff time to the City's pre-school initiative without any approval from the Board.<br /><br />Or am I remembering it wrong?Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-67283331926214942792015-11-21T12:59:38.449-08:002015-11-21T12:59:38.449-08:00Totally agree with Transparency's comments.
T...Totally agree with Transparency's comments.<br /><br />Tolley needs to go. <br /><br />I don't even agree with AnotherSPSer that he has good intent. Vaguely similar to the notion of NCLB, his idea of "fair" is NCGA, or No Child Gets Ahead. The only way to do this is by requiring all classrooms in all buildings to work from the same (inadequate) plan, schedule and overall roadmap. This all but guarantees kids who are ahead -- for whatever reasons -- are ill-served, and it all but guarantees that kids who are struggling won't get adequate help.<br /><br />While you're at it, send Heath out of town on the same bus with Tolley.<br />Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-92187523037407095482015-11-21T09:13:29.074-08:002015-11-21T09:13:29.074-08:00I respectfully acknowledge SPSer's comment. I...I respectfully acknowledge SPSer's comment. I got the impression that Charles Wright is a gentle man and I'm confident he worked hard to improve the lives of children. I sincerely wish him well, but I did feel the level of transparency could have and should have been improved.<br /><br />I have more of a problem with Michael Tolley. Given a choice, I would have preferred Tolley to leave. Transparency Pleasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-65866994726868520802015-11-21T07:52:39.217-08:002015-11-21T07:52:39.217-08:00Take Michael Tolley with you. He also has loads o...Take Michael Tolley with you. He also has loads of good intent, but a similar inability to read, write, or count. <br /><br />Another SPSerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-53846861188196961992015-11-21T06:57:13.190-08:002015-11-21T06:57:13.190-08:00Why replace this unnecessary position?
Why not lo...Why replace this unnecessary position?<br /><br />Why not lose an administrative position that had really no mission whatsoever, except to Banda.<br /><br />It might start a trend.Wandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-48428604899611233172015-11-21T01:15:34.402-08:002015-11-21T01:15:34.402-08:00He wouldn't run to replace Dorn would he?He wouldn't run to replace Dorn would he? <br />Catherinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-87814514078040305062015-11-20T23:57:51.211-08:002015-11-20T23:57:51.211-08:00Integrity and good intent? Maybe he couldn't c...Integrity and good intent? Maybe he couldn't count but he was still a step up from some of the other bamboozlers who have flitted through JSCEE upper management. Adios Mr. Wright. Good luck. Tis the wishlist season. May your replacement have your skills, but also be able to count, and cost a whole lot less than the rare air salaries usually going to downtownies instead of our class needs. And may you not reappear as a Gates payroll grant in the next 365 days.<br /><br />DistrictWatcherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com