tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post361662708538545723..comments2024-03-28T23:38:22.511-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Before TuesdayMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-55814097728955881522010-02-13T16:23:40.088-08:002010-02-13T16:23:40.088-08:00I'm doing a multimedia feature story on the fi...I'm doing a multimedia feature story on the financial situation of SPS & my team is looking for input from interested community members. The story is being produced as a partnership between the Seattle neighborhood blogs and the UW Entrepreneurial Journalism course. <br />I would be very interested to hear from any of you, to get your perspectives on SPS budgets and state funding of primary education. I can be reached at spsjournalist@gmail.com. Thanks for your time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159964327596946919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-33576752351585088402010-02-09T21:46:12.813-08:002010-02-09T21:46:12.813-08:00Looks like the levies are going to pass.
I think ...Looks like the levies are going to pass.<br /><br />I think that's a good thing.<br /><br />Either way, we need to have strict oversight to ensure that the funds are used as has been set forth by SPS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-50482020019013074392010-02-08T16:52:25.246-08:002010-02-08T16:52:25.246-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Becca and Camhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07312026079006392759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-23167789045827790742010-02-07T15:26:47.353-08:002010-02-07T15:26:47.353-08:00Put more money into basic maintenance now so that ...Put more money into basic maintenance now so that we can stop this piling up of deferred maintenance. There are places it could come from (but I won't say publicly because staff will read it and then move to protect that money). <br /><br />At this point, to really fix it, well, they will either have to do a one-time 4th levy and/or devote one BEX IV project to tackling it. <br /><br />We should have never gotten to this place and the point is it needs to stop or we will always be playing catch-up. Of course, we could get to the point of critical building failure but even I think that is not near unless, of course, we have an major earthquake. Then all bets are off because there are at least 10 buildings that would sustain major damage (not to mention what might happen to the inhabitants).Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-48659331712545834322010-02-07T14:01:39.731-08:002010-02-07T14:01:39.731-08:00So what is your solution to fix the backlog?So what is your solution to fix the backlog?Goudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14692559149156597653noreply@blogger.com