tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post2024152837692612453..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Live Blogging From Boundaries Work SessionMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-86372038578236161002013-05-31T00:20:53.402-07:002013-05-31T00:20:53.402-07:00Right. Mirmac didn't even mention the fact th...Right. Mirmac didn't even mention the fact that the immersion schools are pretty much sped free. Nobody has ever bothered to figure out how to do sped in an immersion program. Like other boutique's, they squeeze sped populations into other schools, and that's a pretty big problem in the Hamilton service area. If you replicate schools, what will happen to students who need sped services? They just have to go somewhere else? Mirmac is right - it's unsustainable, especially since it provides a more deluxe education that isn't self-funded. Better to figure out some way to serve all students at all schools. We can't keep having sped wastelands without any service. At some point, you've got to serve the kids in the neighborhood.<br /><br />sped parentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-31932417766310809382013-05-30T07:36:00.272-07:002013-05-30T07:36:00.272-07:00repost:
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McDonald doesn't e...repost:<br /><br />Anonymous said... <br />McDonald doesn't even have immersion in all K-5 grades, yet, right? I believe it's only immersion through 3rd grade at this point. <br /><br />That's right Anonymous (remember to pick a monicker). And I believe the PTSA pressured parents to raise $300K this year. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-44024591130033507572013-05-29T21:13:59.629-07:002013-05-29T21:13:59.629-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-6557970623259425102013-05-29T20:57:47.739-07:002013-05-29T20:57:47.739-07:00Ed Voter, you seem to be right on point. Concord ...Ed Voter, you seem to be right on point. Concord would get a pass because of the isolation of the school. <br /><br />Foreign language immersion costs a lot of money; I think that was Mirmac's point.<br /><br />It is unlikely they would move JSIS, more likely to move McDonald's program. Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-78454359378117018102013-05-29T20:14:01.913-07:002013-05-29T20:14:01.913-07:00Replicate JSIS. Fundraise >$300K to pay for bi...Replicate JSIS. Fundraise >$300K to pay for bilingual IAs. <br /><br />Replicate K-5STEM. Staffing ratios are like other elementaries. Perhaps fundraise for additional science/engr kits. Move it to Schmitz Park. Where is the uproar about disruption and cost? meh.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-21423297112780359652013-05-29T19:21:50.212-07:002013-05-29T19:21:50.212-07:00That is absurd, Mirmac1. You are just making stuf...That is absurd, Mirmac1. You are just making stuff up.<br /><br />There is no way it would be less costly to move the JSIS program elsewhere and then expand it, with the disruption and costs of that move, than it would be to leave it where it is and make a clone of it elsewhere. That is an absurd claim.ExpandWhatWorksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-75945161017256790512013-05-29T19:02:24.493-07:002013-05-29T19:02:24.493-07:00make a copy of it, along with multiple $100Ks to p...make a copy of it, along with multiple $100Ks to pay for the reduced ratios? Not feasible, not sustainable and unequitable. mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-3087552114590695762013-05-29T17:59:14.097-07:002013-05-29T17:59:14.097-07:00Why move JSIS at all? Why not duplicate it elsewh...Why move JSIS at all? Why not duplicate it elsewhere?<br /><br />In fact, why isn't that the model with all the successful, in demand, popular alternative programs? Duplicate them. Duplicate them into schools that are undercapacity to attract people to those schools.<br /><br />I don't see why they have to mess up something that is working. If you want to create more access to it, make a copy of it elsewhere.ExpandWhatWorksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-11414677141654943872013-05-29T17:40:19.159-07:002013-05-29T17:40:19.159-07:00Four thoughts and a comment about making Immersion...Four thoughts and a comment about making Immersion Schools Option schools, not assignments. <br /><br />Comment: Good.<br /><br />Thought 1: But why not Concord, too? Make the classification of this whole LI program "option" so it can be developed coherently in the future.<br /><br />Thought 2: Many will want to move McDonald or JSIS immersion program to a different school...like Madrona. But, I doubt administration will do it. They have the "vision" that 2 LI programs in an area will role up to 1 middle school to form a cohort large enough to support middle school LI. <br /><br />Thought 3: District can't yank the carpet out from JSIS/McDonald all together. Perhaps a large "preference" area for assignment, largely mirroring today's assignment boundaries, can ease the transition?<br /><br />Thought 4: My guess: the huge asks by JSIS and McDonald for parent $$$ to fund IAs is what is driving the move to Option status. Not the enrollment issues. I bet this is being done on the basis of "equity" not "capacity". So if JSIS/McDonald do not like this suggestion, I am betting they will have to give up their huge fundraising targets. Which they will not want to do, because they believe the extra teaching help is crucial. It will be interesting to watch the parent-staff-Board back and forth on this.<br /><br />EdVoter. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-58769603851854924762013-05-29T16:41:43.307-07:002013-05-29T16:41:43.307-07:00WTF? Libros, here's the 2013-2014 WSS change...WTF? Libros, here's the <a href="http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/Departmental%20Content/budget/wss/2014/wsschanges14.pdf?sessionid=55a36544da5ba9160e646aa89b831e03" rel="nofollow">2013-2014 WSS</a> changes. How do assistant principals and elementary counselors help special education students?mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.com