tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post3983557605103780111..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Live Blogging - Math Adoption, Part EightMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-48800208113276445402014-06-04T23:47:19.895-07:002014-06-04T23:47:19.895-07:00@Waste Not: No amount of skepticism is too much i...@Waste Not: No amount of skepticism is too much in SPS. Your hunches and suspicions will invariably turn out to be accurate.<br /><br />@StepJ: Spoken like an SPS veteran. <br />You have to admire staff's stamina.<br /><br />WSDWGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-80474606822170377122014-06-04T19:27:11.685-07:002014-06-04T19:27:11.685-07:00So the District choice to select enVision is not a...So the District choice to select enVision is not at all based on $, but instead based on the best outcome for our students. Right?<br /><br />Why then have the first two staff speakers focused solely on costs and nothing else? <br /><br />The first speaker on how expensive Singapore will be. The second speaker focusing on all of the staff positions and services we will lose if Math in Focus is adopted.<br /><br />For reals - after the District has just added multiple NEW six figure income positions?<br /><br />Why is staff not talking about the curriculum that will best allow the majority of our students to succeed in learning math! Ummm...isn't that what is being debated?<br /><br />Pretty heinous really.<br /><br />I shy away from watching these meetings because I never have enough TUMS or other stomach calming substances in the house. Case again tonight.<br /><br />-StepJ<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-24545521363366589442014-06-04T19:23:26.848-07:002014-06-04T19:23:26.848-07:00So now Dr. Wright (sic?) is, with great grace, cha...So now Dr. Wright (sic?) is, with great grace, charm and aplomb, is telling the board if they adopted MIF, because the staff asserts it is $3.1M more, her is the extraordinary list of things that we MUST sacrifice. It is a big scary list. It is essential items, like 5 SpEd supervisors... Sigh.... So it's either math or disabled kids. Nursing support for medically fragile children. Poor staff in department of data. Middle school athletics. You get the picture. If only I could really, actually, truly believe his facts. They found money for some big hires recently, right? This just seems so hollow. Obviously, I am far too skeptical. <br /><br />I hope the Directors see through this. <br /><br />WASTE NOTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com