tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post2698315409916090328..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Washington State Charter School UpdatesMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-32732102819661016402017-08-17T08:19:01.859-07:002017-08-17T08:19:01.859-07:00That's the charter school association; I don&#...That's the charter school association; I don't pivot off their info but rather the commission. But the Association is where the money is. I'll have to ask.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-39410846848651111312017-08-17T07:54:02.234-07:002017-08-17T07:54:02.234-07:00No longer. Someone over there reads your site :)
...No longer. Someone over there reads your site :) <br /><br />http://wacharters.org/school/willow-public-school-opening-soon/<br /><br />-sddAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-42984471456884353982017-08-16T22:02:58.396-07:002017-08-16T22:02:58.396-07:00SDD, I got the info on Willow straight from the WA...SDD, I got the info on Willow straight from the WA State Charter Commission.<br /><br /> Located in Walla Walla<br /> Will Grow to Serve Grades 6-8<br /> Opening 2017<br /><br />Seems odd that they would have it wrong. <br /><br />As for the rejection, I'll check but I distinctly remember being at a Commission meeting where it was rejected and they were encouraged to reapply.<br /><br />Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-16370445154262698892017-08-16T19:11:09.361-07:002017-08-16T19:11:09.361-07:00Melissa, your info on Willow is outdated. They are...Melissa, your info on Willow is outdated. They are not opening this fall. They plan to open next year. <br /><br />They were also not previously rejected. Their initial opening was delayed by the court decision. <br /><br />-sddAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-50378618811769173452017-08-16T15:51:04.785-07:002017-08-16T15:51:04.785-07:00Well it's simple really ,
if the law provide...Well it's simple really , <br /><br />if the law provides then people will build it.<br /><br />daf<br /> <a href="http://citizen.education/2016/04/01/seattle-what-do-melissa-westbrook-and-her-community-blog-really-stand-for/" rel="nofollow">.</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-68465271354318265472017-08-16T15:13:35.839-07:002017-08-16T15:13:35.839-07:00"The political aspirations of our supt and he..."The political aspirations of our supt and her desire to privatize.."<br /><br />Who are you talking about? Superintendent Nyland is a man and so is Superintendent Rykdal.<br /><br />States have absolute freedom in writing charter law except for federal laws for Special Education, ELL, homeless and gifted students as well as following federal regulations on testing, health and safety, etc.<br /><br />As for who has the most "successful" charter schools, I'd probably say Massachusetts but I don't really know for certain. <br /><br />I will have another thread on the national landscape as there have been some interesting developments that speak to your questions, daf.<br /><br />But yes, state law could make such stipulations. Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-50790760519740023472017-08-16T14:39:51.429-07:002017-08-16T14:39:51.429-07:00I'd like to know how charter law varies from s...I'd like to know how charter law varies from state to state, and how much freedom a state has when writing their charter law? I'd also like to know if some states have more successful charters than others and if that is a result of the way they wrote their charter law? And if some states have charters that take their fair share of sped students and others don't? And is that the result of the way their charter laws were written?<br /><br />Could state law stipulate for example that for the first 3 years they will only allow home grown, non chain charters, that must offer the same amount of sped seats in an inclusion environment as traditional Publics do?<br /><br />daf Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-66981972125339058942017-08-16T14:37:52.853-07:002017-08-16T14:37:52.853-07:00Charter schools are not needed in Seattle. Good ma...Charter schools are not needed in Seattle. Good management with Local School Councils would be the simplest way for each and every school to improve. The political aspirations of our supt and her desire to privatize would be squashed if each school truly became part of its geographic community. Alternative schools would survive and thrive.<br /><br />Charters require govt. supervision - some of which comes from the school district (costing the district more in central administration services) and some govt. support comes from the mayor's office doing business with local businesses who get their hands on all sorts of dollars.Uxonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-18428355266925401092017-08-16T14:33:35.490-07:002017-08-16T14:33:35.490-07:00Not only that, but standards that have not been te...Not only that, but standards that have not been tested out in a small scale first, and a curriculum written by a small group of people, not all of them experts in the areas in which they were working. Many of the lower grade literature choices were not ones I would consider appropriate for those grade levels. Some have since changed, but it is clear there was not a lot of thought into the developmental aspect of a child's education in some of them. A friend of mine - an English prof - was looking at some of the high school lit choices and remarked that there was a whole lot of representation from dead white men and not a lot from anyone else. I think it is important for the cultural makeup of a region to be represented in some of the literature choices. But then, I've never been a fan nor follower of the standardization mindset, which is probably why my principal dislikes me so much....<br />Too bad the PTSA equates standardization with equity, or at least puts forth the appearance of believing that. Oh for the dearth of critical thinking and ethics in the legislature, the Ed deformers, and the WSPTA.CTnoreply@blogger.com