tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post3202874554168709739..comments2024-03-28T23:38:22.511-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Alliance for Education Strategic PlanMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-146831580608022742012-11-25T18:06:56.779-08:002012-11-25T18:06:56.779-08:00Damn straight, it sounded imperious. It WAS imper...Damn straight, it sounded imperious. It WAS imperious. When somebody thinks they have "paid" for you, they expect you to jump when they say "jump." What do people think money is for, if not to buy power and results? What, what? You say you thought it was "philanthropy?" . . ."charitable giving?" <br /><br /><br /><br />HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA -- how quaint. <br /><br />BraessaeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-26246761096094763532012-11-22T07:31:08.001-08:002012-11-22T07:31:08.001-08:00Wow. That email from Chris Larson sounded so... im...Wow. That email from Chris Larson sounded so... imperious.<br /><br />Can you imagine the response if you or I sent such a message?<br /><br />The problem with some rich people is that they think they can buy anything.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-12554327841660017392012-11-21T14:51:32.818-08:002012-11-21T14:51:32.818-08:00More kvetching with the shadow school board Morris...<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/114075630/More-kvetching-with-Sara-Morris-Holly-Miller-et-al" rel="nofollow">More kvetching with the shadow school board Morris/Miller/Burgess et al</a>SPSLeakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714933035660195471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-9570623108619661312012-11-21T13:14:20.381-08:002012-11-21T13:14:20.381-08:00Chris Larson says:
I'm rich. Do as I say.Chris Larson says:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/114068003" rel="nofollow">I'm rich. Do as I say.</a>SPSLeakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714933035660195471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-51007293854167825132012-11-21T07:11:28.686-08:002012-11-21T07:11:28.686-08:00What comes through in these email chains is a set ...What comes through in these email chains is a set of "usual suspects" who are brought together to represent Education Reform Organizations on any issue (TFA, CAS, CBA, etc.). They are the self-appointed "leaders" without any followers: Chris Korsmo, Tom Stritikus, Holly Miller, Sara Morris, etc. They re-group to discuss each new topic, but it's the same group each time.<br /><br />Funny how the Board can quickly begin to kvetch about hearing from the same group of people some of the time but not complain about hearing from the same group of people the rest of the time.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-39723350110521884092012-11-20T20:22:52.723-08:002012-11-20T20:22:52.723-08:00pg 36. Oh puhleeze.
I do so tire of the slicknes...pg 36. Oh puhleeze.<br /><br />I do so tire of the slickness TFA requires to embed itself like a parasite. I do not mean the individual teachers, rather the org and its paid staffers. If UTR takes hold and displaces TFA (Stritikus' supplications notwithstanding), it will be worth it!!!!SPSLeakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714933035660195471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-18742618622081420432012-11-20T20:14:59.924-08:002012-11-20T20:14:59.924-08:00Pg 18. Chris Korsmo toots:
Why Melissa Westbroo...Pg 18. Chris Korsmo toots:<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/113986722" rel="nofollow">Why Melissa Westbrook? Who's her constituency? Just Curious.</a> SPSLeakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714933035660195471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-85561144773160864582012-11-20T19:44:09.986-08:002012-11-20T19:44:09.986-08:00More interesting correspondence among friends...
...More interesting correspondence among friends...<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/113984312" rel="nofollow">Schmoozin' in wine bars</a>SPSLeakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714933035660195471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-57086575004583663742012-11-20T19:40:43.949-08:002012-11-20T19:40:43.949-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-1137226859736686392012-11-20T13:02:08.405-08:002012-11-20T13:02:08.405-08:00If Banda is kowtowing to A4E, it's because he ...If Banda is kowtowing to A4E, it's because he kowtows to DeBell. <br />I can't WAIT until the change in leadership on the Board. After the first SB meeting in December, no more turkies!<br /> <br />Enjoy your turkey, enough already!mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-74446646120246090412012-11-20T12:07:53.970-08:002012-11-20T12:07:53.970-08:00The Alliance functions as the mafia. They started...The Alliance functions as the mafia. They started out playing the protector and now they own the district's soul.<br /><br />If Banda has any integrity at all, he will cease doing business with this group ASAP. If he continues to play the CYA/survival game with them (deluding himself that he's just keeping his enemies closer rather than being the sellout he's being), he'll lose--because they started undermining him before he arrived.<br /><br />If the union membership has any brain cells left, getting the district to cut ties with this racket with be agenda item number one during the next contract talks.<br /><br />--enough already (Happy Turkey Day,<br />Mirmac)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-28609496187730700362012-11-20T11:15:05.592-08:002012-11-20T11:15:05.592-08:00Thank you, AAK IKR?, for highlighting some of the ...Thank you, AAK IKR?, for highlighting some of the goopier language in this piece. There are more.<br /><br />It's easy to get distracted by the purple prose, the inaction verbs, the passive voice, the stalking elitism, and the delusional self-perception. I tried to focus on what they really think they're doing, and it troubled me.<br /><br />They make no pretention about being, well, prententious. "grasstops"! Where in the world did they get that word? They know that they are not getting any community support and they are totally okay with that. They are not interested in retail. They only want to interact with community leaders, not community members.<br /><br />The real problem with the Alliance is that they looked at Seattle Public Schools and decided that what was really needed to help the students succeed was leadership classes for the Board. That is so disturbing. That stinks so badly of the hubris of executives who think that it is they who create the value in a company when they don't actually produce any goods or provide any services.<br /><br />They want to close the opportunity gap by establishing a college bound culture. That's all it takes? Just put up some college pennants in the lunchroom and the gap gets closed? Who are these people and who is informing them?Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-9998468385662480832012-11-20T10:21:28.599-08:002012-11-20T10:21:28.599-08:00Oh for pete's sake, it's just a business p...Oh for pete's sake, it's just a business plan and like such well thought out MBA piffel, err... plan, it presents A4E as a catayst, a convener, and a conduit.<br /><br />From their website, you find things like:<br /><br />Under the section on SWOT (for stengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Threats section has "tenuous relationship with labor" listed.)<br /><br />-- "EMT" as in "Excecutive Mangement Team" (vs. the kind that saves you when you have a heart attack. I know which one I want to keep.) <br />--" 'new alchemy' of community partnerships" <br />--"statewide actors looking to Seattle as example"<br /><br />Their organization goals include:<br /><br />--"to be a thought leader"<br />--"to effectively catalyze strong inclusive community partnerships" <br /><br />My personal favs are under operational goals:<br /><br />--"establish the Alliance board as one of the most desirable civic boards to serve"<br />--"crystallize brand identity"<br /><br />Yeap, this is what college education gets you these days, endless puffery. Plus a chance to go to the ball. <br /><br />AAK IKR? (all about kids. I know, right?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-7880911964897069882012-11-20T09:30:20.938-08:002012-11-20T09:30:20.938-08:00There are thousands of consulting firms across the...There are thousands of consulting firms across the country that are great at convincing organizations/comapnies that all they need to do to increase business, gain credibility, or otherwise achieve their goals is to change the logo/branding. The consulting firms and their associates make a LOT of money—usually with very little result. Logos count when the product is consumer-oriented: Apple, Nike, Microsoft—not so much for non-profits.<br /><br />Not surprised that The Alliance is buying and selling the usual BS.<br /><br />SolvaygirlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-67880621760075460942012-11-20T09:15:27.835-08:002012-11-20T09:15:27.835-08:00I do smile thinking that the Alliance believes the...I do smile thinking that the Alliance believes the logo really matters.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-27135528763398509482012-11-20T08:14:48.277-08:002012-11-20T08:14:48.277-08:00http://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-profiles/public...http://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-profiles/publicola/articles/fizz-for-nov-20<br /><br />Who will be lobbying for a downtown charter school?Watcjomgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-24848762017129461142012-11-20T07:29:46.472-08:002012-11-20T07:29:46.472-08:00That was me, Chris S.That was me, Chris S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-62051035868406682492012-11-20T07:29:10.679-08:002012-11-20T07:29:10.679-08:00I think it's time to re-read Lemony Snicket.I think it's time to re-read Lemony Snicket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-76616130743730669122012-11-20T06:49:31.538-08:002012-11-20T06:49:31.538-08:00It's happened. The Alliance has become a cari...It's happened. The Alliance has become a caricature of itself. I'll have to send this to those Board members who thought paying 7.5% was a bargain for the "value-added."mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.com