tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post2229716396258577019..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Coming Up This WeekMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-83159793897129996872011-02-15T18:18:47.017-08:002011-02-15T18:18:47.017-08:00Maureen, are you suggesting that perhaps the progr...Maureen, are you suggesting that perhaps the program has been renamed "Pinehurst K-8"? If so, I must have missed the memo.seattle citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724175257161649500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-20040063881961214672011-02-15T17:53:43.232-08:002011-02-15T17:53:43.232-08:00Re Pinehurst, I wondered about that too. All of t...Re Pinehurst, I wondered about that too. All of the enrollment info seems to refer to "Pinehurst" and from what I could see, didn't even say "formerly AS#1" anywhere. It is especially weird because last time I looked, the AS#1 website doesn't say "Pinehurst" anywhere. I emailed Tracy Libros last week about a few mistakes regarding Option School Enrollment posts on the new web site and I suggested they cross reference the two names.<br /><br />I didn't catch the fact that it is now named after the building. <br /><br />I wonder if there is some drama underlying this or was it a Site Council decision.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18444916440000921599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-6085251720369056412011-02-15T17:38:13.554-08:002011-02-15T17:38:13.554-08:00Did anyone else feel uneasy when this week's B...Did anyone else feel uneasy when this week's Board Agenda had a language change regarding NSAP:<br /><br />"AS#1 changed to Pinehurst K-8"<br /><br />I clicked on the <a href="http://www.seattleschools.org/area/board/10-11agendas/021611agenda/021611agenda.pdf" rel="nofollow">agenda for 2/16</a>, saw the change, clicked on the Action Item <a href="http://www.seattleschools.org/area/board/10-11agendas/021611agenda/nsapreport.pdf" rel="nofollow">New Student Assigment Plan Transition Plan</a> link, and on the bottom of that is a link to <a href="http://www.seattleschools.org/area/board/10-11agendas/021611agenda/nsap.pdf" rel="nofollow"> Actual NSAP Transition Plan</a> including zone maps. Sure enough, all the other option schools are named for their programs, but AS#1 is now, I guess, named for it's building.<br /><br />What's up with THAT?!seattle citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724175257161649500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-31639318444060710522011-02-14T16:16:40.758-08:002011-02-14T16:16:40.758-08:00Walking Parent, From what I have heard from Tom Bi...<b>Walking Parent</b>, From what I have heard from Tom Bishop, kids can walk into the <a href="http://district.seattleschools.org/modules/cms/pages.phtml?sessionid=94889df90b9f30c34da1473d87ff5b8f&pageid=216138" rel="nofollow">yellow doughnuts</a> (from inside or outside) to catch a bus on a space available basis as long as they can do it safely. So as long as the bus isn't full, your kid can ride the bus with your neighbor. You'll have to contact the transportation office to do it though-it won't be automatic. (SPS makes more money from the state for every kid on a bus, so they'll be happy to do it as long as there is a seat.)Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18444916440000921599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-25087927565212148512011-02-14T15:57:47.435-08:002011-02-14T15:57:47.435-08:00Laurie Rogers has another posting about the CCSS a...Laurie Rogers has another posting about the CCSS and HB1891 (written by Bob Dean):<br /><br />http://betrayed-whyeducationisfailing.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-32003664619345365132011-02-14T15:40:43.782-08:002011-02-14T15:40:43.782-08:00Coming up this week ... tic tic tic,
If a bill l...Coming up this week ... tic tic tic,<br /><br />If a bill like HB 1891 does not make it out of committee on or before Feb 17, then WA state authorizes Randy Dorn to adopt the Common Core State Standards.<br /><br />This adoption of CCSSI will mean more funding of more State Sponsored smoke and mirrors. We need the of funding the education of students, but instead we get funding for more administrative bureaucrats far removed from the classroom to say what should be done and how it will be measured.<br /><br />Check out the WA parallel with Delaware <a href="http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2011/02/delaware-is-just-like-wa.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.<br /><br />=========<br />37th District Dem's meet tonight:<br /><br />Monday 2-14-2011, meeting at 7:30 at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center (3515 S Alaska St) in Columbia City. <br />(Social time begins at 7:00)<br /><br />=========<br /><br /><a href="http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-letter-to-susanna-williams-chair-of.html" rel="nofollow">Here is my letter</a> to the Chair of the 37th District Dem's<br /><br />==========<br /><br /><a href="http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2011/02/delaware-is-just-like-wa.html%22" rel="nofollow">My opinion of the WA Gov </a>and education under her guidance.....dan dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-80606907078994788592011-02-14T14:55:05.953-08:002011-02-14T14:55:05.953-08:00Wow, I loose my transportation, but my next door n...Wow, I loose my transportation, but my next door neighbor keeps transportation. And this is to my assigned school. <br /><br /><br />Walking ParentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-43041092584086879752011-02-14T13:43:05.651-08:002011-02-14T13:43:05.651-08:00Oh! I hope that 3 1/2 hour session is to discuss ...Oh! I hope that 3 1/2 hour session is to discuss MGJ shilling for NWEA while she was on the SPS clock. Bad form : )MAPsuckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043019493554551794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-90753144217790137842011-02-14T13:24:47.706-08:002011-02-14T13:24:47.706-08:00Melissa, there are TWO policies because the Board ...Melissa, there are TWO policies because the Board policy is to make them feel like they are relevant, and the Superintendent policy is what the staff is really supposed to do...<br /><br />grumpyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-43034725840958792772011-02-14T13:21:08.191-08:002011-02-14T13:21:08.191-08:00geez, I'm still confused. The kids in my examp...geez, I'm still confused. The kids in my example currently at JR are now in the McDonald area, so I guess their choices will be walk to Bryant to catch a bus to JR, OR transfer to McDonald, which is now at Lincoln.<br /><br />Good grief, if I can't make sense of this, and I think I pay attention to what's going on, how will families that don't read this blog or go to coffee chats and evening meetings figure this out?Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777580098975083499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-16793086241811868892011-02-14T13:16:30.346-08:002011-02-14T13:16:30.346-08:00But, the point remains that some families are goin...But, the point remains that some families are going to be getting a pretty raw deal. If you look at the maps, the southeast corner of the now-McDonald area, which used to be Bryant area, is where a lot of families reside who got mandatory assignments to John Rogers in the past.<br /><br />They may be perfectly content at JR now, but suddenly, they are going to have to go to Bryant, the school they initially wanted, to wait for a bus to take their child to a school they didn't actually choose in the first place? I'm sorry, but these people really *deserve* continued transportation to their current school. They did what was asked of them way back when by taking a mandatory assignment to a school 50+ blocks away from home. Saying they can now transfer back to Bryant, thus crowding it even more, when their kids have friends and an established community elsewhere is not really a solution. <br /><br />What a mess.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777580098975083499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-31939982461910375992011-02-14T13:05:48.911-08:002011-02-14T13:05:48.911-08:00Oh good! I was getting worried that I had missed ...Oh good! I was getting worried that I had missed an even NEWER iteration! :)Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18444916440000921599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-72426397867399702252011-02-14T12:47:32.347-08:002011-02-14T12:47:32.347-08:00I was looking at the wrong iteration of the Servic...I was looking at the wrong iteration of the Service Standards document. :-(StepJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11375599834945035820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-40106391576167512362011-02-13T23:17:27.684-08:002011-02-13T23:17:27.684-08:00Sacajawea and John Rogers do not have ELL or Spect...<i>Sacajawea and John Rogers do not have ELL or Spectrum -- which means catching the bus at Bryant to get to either of these schools is not in the proposal.</i><br /><br />I don't understand this part. Sacajawea, Rogers and especially Laurelhurst all have intermediary boundaries that include the Bryant building (Laurelhurst's actually covers most of the Eckstein area and a chunk of the Hamilton area). I think that the kids assigned to those schools will get transportation for the next two years (so will not be eligible for the NSAP transition amendment.)<br /><br />Am I missing something?Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18444916440000921599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-19579382302133002052011-02-13T22:08:23.125-08:002011-02-13T22:08:23.125-08:00Flip! That was teh word I was desparately looking...Flip! That was teh word I was desparately looking for!! :)<br /><br />OK, so what about this...."Remind me to let you know what the letter to me from the State Auditor said.)"<br /><br />Details, details!!Michael Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-41328004824618698942011-02-13T22:06:44.629-08:002011-02-13T22:06:44.629-08:00I was trying to be flip but honestly, I interprete...I was trying to be flip but honestly, I interpreted that last "potential litigation with legal counsel" as the legal counsel possibly suing the district. Of course, any time they discuss items in Executive Session, there is a lawyer present. And, anytime they discuss anything about employee issues. I just thought that an odd phrase. <br /><br />I'll ask for clarification.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-20244379776632140962011-02-13T21:59:50.147-08:002011-02-13T21:59:50.147-08:00In the Tuesday the 17th section of your post you s...In the Tuesday the 17th section of your post you say "... discussion of potential litigation with legal counsel." You then say "And legal issues with legal counsel". I can't tell if you are trying to be silly/funny/smart-alecky or if you are implying that there are legal issues with some of their lawyers. But, seeing as you cannot discuss legal issues in an executive session without a lawyer present, I would suggest that it simply means they are going to talk about something legal, and a lawyer will be present.Michael Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-88208605619348223442011-02-13T21:57:00.351-08:002011-02-13T21:57:00.351-08:00Maureen,
No, I don't know.
The walk zone f...Maureen,<br /><br />No, I don't know. <br /><br />The walk zone for elementary to a bus stop is .5 miles. Lots of kids that live in the Bryant area were given assignments to schools that are more than 1.75 miles from their home.<br /><br />1.75 as in the 1.25 mile zone, plus the .5 mile walk to the bus stop within the 1.25 miles zone.<br /><br />Laurelhurst will not have a bus stop within the Intermediary Zone as it was moved to a different Middle School Service Area.<br /><br />Sacajawea and John Rogers do not have ELL or Spectrum -- which means catching the bus at Bryant to get to either of these schools is not in the proposal. The bus stop at the local Attendance Area schools is only for ELL/Spectrum and other program transportation.<br /><br />Do I think that kids that lose transportation to their distant school, have an opportunity to return to their walkable school, and have younger siblings yet to come will change -- in the case of Bryant...yes.StepJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11375599834945035820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-21310087009697924062011-02-13T21:42:17.483-08:002011-02-13T21:42:17.483-08:00StepJ, do you know how many of the 600 impacted ki...<b>StepJ</b>, do you know how many of the 600 impacted kids are from the Bryant attendance area? <br /><br />Most of those kids who are not currently at attendance area schools will be ok for two years. If you look at the <a href="http://district.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/Departmental%20Content/transportation/zones/john_rogers.pdf?sessionid=94889df90b9f30c34da1473d87ff5b8f" rel="nofollow">Rogers area transportation Zone map</a>, you'll see that there is an 'intermediary zone' in which Rogers students who live in the Bryant area can walk to Bryant and get on a yellow bus to Bryant. Unless I'm mistaken, only those inside the Bryant area, but outside of walking distance to the red boundary would be able to apply the amendment to the Assignment Transition Plan to get access to Bryant.<br /><br />You can follow the links to all of the schools Transportation Zone maps <a href="http://district.seattleschools.org/modules/cms/pages.phtml?sessionid=94889df90b9f30c34da1473d87ff5b8f&pageid=216138" rel="nofollow">here.</a><br />In the <a href="http://www.seattleschools.org/area/board/10-11agendas/021611agenda/nsapreport.pdf" rel="nofollow"> Assignment Transition Plan Amendment doc</a> it says that 3600 kids live inside those intermediary zones. Another 600 live outside those zones and wouldn't have access to a school they can get to without the amendment. The <a href="http://www.seattleschools.org/area/board/10-11agendas/021611agenda/nsap.pdf" rel="nofollow">amendment</a> reads, in part (p.3):<br /><br /><i>Students in this situation will be guaranteed reassignment to their attendance area school if requested.</i><br /><br />They can also choose to stay at their current school without transportation.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18444916440000921599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-28749580060503623202011-02-13T20:53:28.356-08:002011-02-13T20:53:28.356-08:00The proposed amendment to the Transition Plan caus...The proposed amendment to the Transition Plan causes me great concern for Bryant Elementary.<br /><br />There are a lot of kids from the Bryant area that received mandatory or low choice assignments to John Rogers, Sacajawea, and Laurelhurst. I only list these three schools as to my knowledge they do not have either ELL or Spectrum programs, or were moved to a different Middle School Service Area. <br /><br />With the loss of grandfathered transportation for Attendance Area Elementary schools, and no ELL/Spectrum community stop buses there is no way for these students to receive yellow bus transport from the Bryant area to these distant schools starting in 2011-2012.<br /><br />With a guaranteed assignment to Bryant how many kids will transfer back? As Bryant has zero room to add portables and every single room in use for classrooms - how will this extra influx be accommodated? Maybe the kitchen, gym and cafeteria will move outside to a tent?<br /><br />Or can Bryant apply for a permit like a café to place seats and space heaters on the sidewalk? Good golly.StepJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11375599834945035820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-69500150872225184912011-02-13T20:16:45.917-08:002011-02-13T20:16:45.917-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.University Assignment Format, Help and Guidelinehttp://www.university.solvewin.comnoreply@blogger.com